Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld- the lot of em- should all be hung up by the short hairs. Wait. That's torture. Let's just prosecute them and throw em in jail to live out the rest of their evil, worthless lives.
3 squares and a cot is generous and a lot more than they deserve.

well water boarding int realt torture so we could at least do that to them.

If you charge him or GWB you also have to charge congress!!!! Then all of us could be chared with aiding and abetting criminals...We all were aware of what was happening!

Maybe most of you but could be charged but I never aided and abetted it. I have been a member of the resistance for years.

Im not saying I disagree with you.....Im just stating a fact

I understand. but realy it wasnt people like you or I who sat behind closed doors and tried to find "legal loopholes" around the Nuremburg laws. WHen Bush/Cheney ran for office they didnt run on a platform of torture or unjust wars, had they done such we never would have elected them

I don't think this is true either. Considering Obama's past he is the best to make sure that the constitution is followed as it should be.

March 28, 2008
Q: Was Barack Obama really a constitutional law professor?
When I was in law school, I addressed all of my course instructors as "professors," regardless of their rank or formal position in the school academic hierarchy (tenured professor, assistant professor, adjunct professor, lecturer, etc.). Was Obama exaggerating or factually wrong in referring to himself as a "constitutional law professor" at the University of Chicago Law School even though his official title was lecturer?
A: His formal title was "senior lecturer," but the University of Chicago Law School says he "served as a professor" and was "regarded as" a professor.
Sen. Obama, who has taught courses in constitutional law at the University of Chicago, has regularly referred to himself as "a constitutional law professor," most famously at a March 30, 2007, fundraiser when he said, "I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution." A spokesman for the Republican National Committee immediately took exception to Obama’s remarks, pointing out that Obama’s title at the University of Chicago was "senior lecturer" and not "professor."

Recently, Hillary Clinton's campaign has picked up on this charge. In a March 27 conference call with reporters, Clinton spokesman Phil Singer claimed:

Singer (March 27): Sen. Obama has often referred to himself as “a constitutional law professor” out on the campaign trail. He never held any such title. And I think anyone, if you ask anyone in academia the distinction between a professor who has tenure and an instructor that does not, you’ll find that there is … you’ll get quite an emotional response.

The campaign also sent out an e-mail quoting an Aug. 8, 2004, column in the Chicago Sun-Times that criticized Obama for calling himself a professor when, in fact, the University of Chicago faculty page listed him as “a senior lecturer (now on leave)." The Sun-Times said, "In academia, there is a vast difference between the two titles. Details matter." The Clinton campaign added that the difference between senior lecturers and professors is that "professors have tenure while lecturers do not."

We agree that details matter, and also that the formal title of "professor" is not lightly given by academic institutions. However, on this matter the University of Chicago Law School itself is not standing on formality, and is siding with Obama.

Due to numerous press inquiries on the matter, the school released a carefully worded statement saying that for his 12 years there he was considered to be "a professor."

UC Law School statement: The Law School has received many media requests about Barack Obama, especially about his status as "Senior Lecturer." From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year. Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. The title of Senior Lecturer is distinct from the title of Lecturer, which signifies adjunct status. Like Obama, each of the Law School's Senior Lecturers have high-demand careers in politics or public service, which prevent full-time teaching. Several times during his 12 years as a professor in the Law School, Obama was invited to join the faculty in a full-time tenure-track position, but he declined.

Contrary to what the Clinton campaign claimed, not all professors have tenure. For instance, academics with the title of "assistant professor" typically work for between five and seven years before being reviewed for tenure.

Furthermore, Obama was not merely an "instructor" as Phil Singer stated. As a "senior lecturer," Obama was in good company: The six other faculty members with the title include the associate dean of the law school and Judge Richard Posner, who is widely considered to be one of the nation's top legal theorists.

-Joe Miller

Update March 28: As originally written this item stated flatly that the law school "confirms that Obama was a professor." We have rewritten the item in parts to more accurately reflect the nuance in the law school's news release.

Sources
Farrington, Brendan. "Obama: Bush Not Respecting Constitution." The San Francisco Chronicle, 30 March 2007. 27 March 2008.

Sweet, Lynn. "Sweet Column Reprise. Obama's Book: What's Real, What's Not." Chicago Sun Times, 8 August 2004. 27 March 2008.

University of Chicago Law School. "Law School Faculty." The University of Chicago Law School Online Catalog, 14 May 2007. 27 March 2008.


In my opinion only sticks in the mud or people with other underlying agendas believe that the constitution is a static document. The constitution and the supporting documents are meant to change with the changes in the population. We do not live in the world that the people who wrote the constitution lived in therefore the constitution has to serve the population of today the best it can, so it must be amended.