Monday, November 29, 2010

Obama's Lost Tribe

I doubt anyone will miss him:

Harvard scholar Laurence Tribe to leave Justice post 


Related:

"Obama creates nebulous niche for legal mentor; Harvard Law scholar Tribe works for poor" by Charlie Savage, New York Times | April 8, 2010

WASHINGTON — Laurence H. Tribe, a Harvard Law School professor who is arguably the most famous constitutional scholar and Supreme Court practitioner in the country is also largely invisible. The Justice Department is not allowing him to give interviews, apparently in part because of nervousness in the administration that his unabashedly liberal views might draw criticism....

Several friends and administration officials said Tribe had initially sought and believed he would be given a far broader title and assignment: counselor for “rule of law’’ issues, which would have come with a mandate to help shape matters of national security and foreign policy.

That did not happen, but Tribe came to Washington anyway....

And he disappeared as fast as my relationship with the Boston Globe.

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Related: Obama's Tribal Law 

Also see: Obama receives elbow on court, then 12 stitches 

As much as I dislike the man's presidency I never wish injury upon an opponent on the basketball floor.