Chemerinsky on Newt: Today's LA Times

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2. Get this and get it good

The Republicans not only hate government, they hate the Constitution and by extension the United States. The country they dream of has very little in common with the country established and described by the Constitution. When they swear their public official's oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution, they are lying. Sadly, a number of Democrats have been sucked into this line of subversive and treasonous thought: It is NOT the job of the President, Congress or the Supreme Court to "protect America." They are sworn to protect the Constitution. Without the Constitution, there is no United States.