A professor"s pragmatic view of the high court

As president, Obama likely will favor a justice with a limited view of the role of courts, former colleagues and students say

By Jodi Kantor / The Bulletin
May 3, 2009

Many American presidents have been lawyers, but almost none have come to office with Barack Obama’s knowledge of the Supreme Court. Before he was 30, he was editing articles by eminent legal scholars on the court’s decisions. Later, as a law professor, he led students through....

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