2008-07-30 Teaching Law, Testing Ideas, Obama Stood Slightly Apart

2008-07-30 New York Times \Barack Obama\New York Times/articles\University of Chicago Law School http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/us/politics/30law.html Teaching Law, Testing Ideas, Obama Stood Slightly Apart &ldquo;Before he outraised every other presidential primary candidate in American history, Mr. Obama marched students through the thickets of campaign finance law. Before he helped redraw his own State Senate district, making it whiter and wealthier, he taught districting as a racially fraught study in how power is secured. And before he posed what may be the ultimate test of racial equality â€” whether Americans will elect a black president â€” he led students through African-Americansâ€™ long fight for equal status.&rdquo;   