Law professors like Obama tend to view the law as one means to an end, and others, like myself, tend to view it as the end itself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There's a misconception about Barack Obama as a former constitutional law professor. First of all, there are plenty of professors who are 'legal relativists.' They tend to view legal principles as relative to whatever they're trying to achieve.
Law builds upon and, I should like to claim, is one of the liberal arts. It uses words of persuasion and changing definitions for practical ends.
The end game is you change that law to making that law better, whichever law you're talking about.
I think Democrats often hold the unconstrained vision, and Republicans focus more on the Rule of Law.
If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.
If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.
What I really like about law is that it's not an endless discourse like history or philosophy. In law, there comes a point where problems have to be solved, and cases decided.
When a president makes up law as he goes, no one knows what the law is anymore.
I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for.
I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.