Obama has used his presidency " the bulliest of pulpits " to reach out to the world in peace in an unprecedented fashion. He has been, in the exact words of Nobel's Will, a "champion of peace. Selection of Barack Obama for the 2009 Peace Prize thus seems entirely consistent with Alfred Nobel's intentions when he created and endowed the Prize.
(Now Obama just has to wrap up the two Bush-initiated wars he inherited. How, when, and with what effect he does that are subjects for other writers in other articles.)
All this raises just one other nagging question. A debate over the scope and interpretation of Article I, Section 9 might be suitable for first-year law students but what moves such august scholars as Ronald D. Rotunda and J. Peter Pham to draw a bead on the question? Could there be some political method to their madness?
Professor Rotunda is distinguished professor of jurisprudence at Chapman University. Chapman, a private university, is affiliated with the Disciples of Christ. He is also a Former Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, a well-known conservative think tank.
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