The first major appeals-court nomination fight of the Obama presidency may be shaping up over Goodwin Liu, a highly qualified teacher and legal scholar. Mr. Liu, nominated to the San Francisco-based United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, is raising hackles on the right because of some of his legal views, and because he is seen as a strong candidate for the Supreme Court in the near future. The White House and Senate Democrats should fight hard for the confirmation.
Mr. Liu was born in Augusta, Ga., where his parents, doctors from Taiwan, moved to practice medicine in an underserved area. He graduated from Stanford, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, and then graduated from Yale Law School. After clerking for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, he became a highly regarded law professor at the University of California-Berkeley...
Mr. Obama’s judicial nominees have so far been overwhelmingly centrists. A nominee like Mr. Liu stands out as an obvious target.
Mr. Liu was supposed to have his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, but Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee invoked an obscure procedural rule to put it off. There is no reason for delaying any longer. Mr. Liu’s nomination should not be a close question.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8000730Senate Judiciary postpones the Goodwin Liu hearing "due to Republican objection" (Wed Mar-24-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8010610Senator Patrick Leahy Press Release: Republican Objections Now Stall Even Committee Progress (Thu Mar-25-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8012621Thomas Goldstein: A Hearing to Define "Mainstream" Judicial Views (Thu Mar-25-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8012997Goodwin Liu Hearing Rescheduled for April 16 (Sat Mar-27-10)
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