Is Harvard University law professor Laurence Tribe trying to become the liberal who is most despised by other liberals?
It might sound odd
to hear such a question asked about an academic who once mentored a young
Barack Obama about the nuances of constitutional scholarship, who liberals once
embraced as a potential nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, and who represented
Al Gore in the former vice president’s Supreme Court lawsuit against George W.
Bush following the 2000 presidential election—but consider the evidence…..Tribe
wrote an op-ed…. that the Second Amendment protects an
individual right that is more fundamental than any collective right to keep and
bear arms as a member of a state militia or national guard unit. The piece was
noteworthy for its iconoclasm and eloquence, but it was hardly the first shot
the esteemed professor ever fired in the intellectual battle over gun rights……..
Next week Peabody and counsel will have their day in court, as the Supremes
hear oral arguments, but already the sparks are flying. Tribe has been called a
“traitor” who “sells his soul to big coal” and “hates your lungs” and is helping to “kill the planet.”…..In testimony before a House
subcommittee last month, Tribe said: “EPA is attempting an unconstitutional
trifecta: usurping the prerogatives of the States, Congress and the Federal
Courts all at once. Burning the Constitution should not become part of our
national energy policy.”.....To Read More....
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