Holy cow!!! The left really fell for the "constitutional professor" meme? (black president, school)

[jacqueg]

Originally Posted by Spartacus713

He did not teach any full-term classes in constitutional law either. He taught race related topics such as discrimination and civil rights law.

So the constitution has nothing to do with an individual's rights????

[Spartacus713]

Originally Posted by jacqueg

Reminds me of the folks here who were convinced that Neil deGrasse Tyson wasn't a real astronomer because he was a doctor of philosophy, not a doctor of science...

Seems like there are a surprising number of people who don't understand academic titles.

First and foremost, you.

[jacqueg]

Originally Posted by Spartacus713

First and foremost, you.

Sorry. I have been to graduate school. I understand academic titles.

[emm74]

I am a lawyer. Not a single one of my law school professors had a PhD, only JDs and a couple of LLM, which despite being a masters degree is a program you complete after you have your JD, at least in the US.

And unlike other fields of academia, many law professors are hired based on their experience in the courtroom, in a federal agency, etc. rather than on how much they've published. There are some that focus on academic scholarship and publications, but it's a real mix between those and the ones with practical experience but little/no publications.

[Goodnight]

Originally Posted by Weichert

Law schools don't require PhDs for law professors. They never have.

Well that should have ended this thread, knowledge is key!

[Spartacus713]

Originally Posted by jacqueg

Sorry. I have been to graduate school. I understand academic titles.

So have I. And no you don't.

[jacqueg]

Originally Posted by Spartacus713

So have I. And no you don't.

OK, explain to me what I am missing.

[natalie469]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

I was a young naive voter, so I went with it. Now that I look back, how can he be a professor without holding a PhD or even authoring a paper in a peer review journal. Obama wasn't a profeasor. He was an instructor without tenure. The Democrats really knew how to sell the "professor" CV.

Honestly, that's your fault. You can't blame anyone but yourself.

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by mlassoff

And a degree from Harvard Law, where he was editor of the law review. Where'd you go to school again?

He wasn't editor of Harvard's Law Review. He was "president," a distinctly less prestigious position.

First Black Elected to Head Harvard's Law Review - NYTimes.com

Also somewhat curious about the date. I'm the same age as Obama and I finished grad school in 1986. WTF was Obama doing between 1983 when he should have graduated undergrad from Columbia and the late 1980s when he entered Harvard Law?

[emm74]

Originally Posted by InformedConsent

He wasn't editor of Harvard's Law Review. He was "president," a distinctly less prestigious position.

False.

The president is one of the editors, elected by all of the editors and is the top leadership role on the Review.

Tochilin '06 Elected President of Harvard Law Review | News | The Harvard Crimson