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What Kind of Justice Would President Obama Mete Out?

May 26, 2008 - 12:30 am - by Jennifer Rubin
david levavi
2008-05-26 15:31:43

“…he was a constitutional law professor and, therefore, particularly qualified to address the sticky constitutional issues which the next president will face.”

Americans don’t need a president who can hairsplit Constitutional law. There is no shortage of constitutional lawyers available the nation can turn to for consultation if the need comes up.

What Americans need is a president with a deep reverence for the constitution. Someone who doesn’t view the words and ideas of the founding fathers as a departure point for racialist and socialist improvisation. Law aint jazz.

I’m no lawyer but Obama’s approach of the Constitution appears similar to Jeremiah Wright’s approach to the Bible. A universally respected document open to the broadest interpretation, deconstruction and subversion.

Harvard is a fine university and Obama is undeniably a bright and charming fellow. No doubt he’s a fine constitutional lawyer. But does he love the Constitution? Is he committed to never twisting its meaning to serve racialist and socialist agendas he deems just?

This voter doesn’t think so.