One of the first episodes of Obama’s pretend intellect was the 2001 NPR interview.  Barack spoke of his expertise regarding the Constitution, then proceeded to demonstrate he was not an “expert” at all.  It was subtle yet real. In the interview, he said, "The Constitution is a charter of negative liberties."  He went on to explain that what he meant by negative liberties is that the "Constitution says what the States 'can't do' to you, says what the Federal Government 'can't do to you'; it doesn’t mention what the State or Federal government must do on your behalf." To reveal Mr. Obama’s "Constitutional Lawyer" expertise, let us turn to the definition of "negative liberties" as provided by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Negative liberty is the absence of obstacles, barriers or constraints. One has negative liberty to the extent that actions are available to...(Read Full Post)