The renowned constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe, who had argued Bowers before the Supreme Court, wanted to argue Lawrence v.

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Laurence Tribe, a professor at Harvard Law School, points out that both candidates have promised to add more conservative and liberal justices respectively.

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Despite constitutional defenses mounted by Harvard constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe and others, Obama has wisely walked away from this option, at least for now.

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