Heck, he did teach Con Law
Jeffrey Rosen of GW law school nicely summarizes my main reason for preferring Obama over Clinton, and likely over McCain. (Though I'll withhold judgment until I learn more about McCain's positions, McCain-Feingold ain't an encouraging start.) I'd be shocked, though, if those of us who care deeply about civil liberties above other issues really come to anywhere near twenty percent of the electorate.
posted by QueensGuy @ 10:16 PM
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Here's Rosen:
"Mr. Obama, by contrast, is not a knee-jerk believer in the old-fashioned liberal view that courts should unilaterally impose civil liberties protections on unwilling majorities. His formative experiences have involved arguing for civil liberties in the legislatures rather than courts, and winning over skeptics on both sides of the political spectrum, as he won over the police and prosecutors in Chicago.
"As a former grass-roots activist, Mr. Obama understands the need to make the case for civil liberties in the political arena. At a time when America’s civil-libertarian tradition has been embattled at home and abroad, his candidacy offers a unique opportunity."
What are we waiting for? Let's carve him into Mount Rushmore right now!
Hillary? Is that you? FYI, sarcasm is a very short-term strategy.
As long as Obama keeps getting BJ's in the press from people who should know better, sarcasm is the proper response.
Rosen's not in the press. If anybody's getting too much deference, it's Hillary. She whines about being asked the first question in a debate too often, the press goes into a frenzy of self-doubt. She accuses Obama of plagiarizing from one of his own campaign chairs, it's analyzed like a constitutional crisis. The "free pass" argument is simply bogus.
Biographical Sketch: Jeffrey Rosen is a professor of law at The George Washington University and the legal affairs editor of The New Republic. His most recent book is The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries that Defined America. He also is the author of The Most Democratic Branch, The Naked Crowd, and The Unwanted Gaze. Rosen is a graduate of Harvard College, summa cum laude; Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar; and Yale Law School.
Professor Rosen's essays and commentaries have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, on National Public Radio, and in The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer. The Chicago Tribune named him one of the 10 best magazine journalists in America and the L.A. Times called him, "the nation's most widely read and influential legal commentator." Professor Rosen lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife Christine Rosen and two sons.
I stand corrected re the press point. Thanks.
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