AP: Young appeals court nominee raises liberal hopes

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(Photo Credit: LA Times)


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thirteen months into his presidency, Barack Obama finally gave liberal supporters the kind of judicial nominee they had sought and conservatives feared.

Goodwin Liu, 39, is an unabashed liberal legal scholar who, if confirmed, could become a force on the federal appeals court for decades. There's talk that in time, the Rhodes Scholar, former high court clerk and current assistant dean and law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, could be the first person of Asian descent chosen for the Supreme Court.

"I can easily imagine him" as a high court nominee, said Erwin Chemerinsky, a Liu supporter and dean of the law school at the University of California, Irvine.

Obama's choice of Liu for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco drew quick and vociferous criticism from conservatives. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, described Liu as "far outside the mainstream of American jurisprudence."

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Previous posts

Progressives to rejoice, Obama nominates Goodwin Liu (Thu Feb-25-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7789498

Editorial: Liu is more than qualified to serve on appeals court (Mon Mar-01-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7816130

Fox News composes a hit piece on Obama nominee Goodwin Liu (Fri Mar-05-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7846137

Oakland Tribune: Obama judicial nominee already a target (Sat Mar-06-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7854860

9th Circuit candidate's career marked by rapid ascent, wide-ranging roles (Goodwin Liu) (Wed Mar-10-10)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-goodwin-liu9-2010mar09,0,1301596.story

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1. Sessions thinks the Federalist Society is left-leaning. . . .n/t

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3. He seemed to like activists like Miguel Estrada and Alito

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2. My guess? Greyhound.

That will be the bus the Senate Dems throw this guy under before he gets out of committee.

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4. I don't think so but the GOP will be out for blood and Dems may have to break delays and ram him

through.

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5. Oh they're well known for that. n/t

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6. They did it with Hamilton 7th Circuit

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8. I practiced in front of Hamilton for years

A really good judge, but not a liberal by any stretch. He also had Lugar in his corner and he's Lee Hamilton's nephew. Apples and oranges, I'm afraid. They got 70 some votes for cloture if I remember correctly. Not exactly "ramming though".

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9. By ram it through I meant voting for cloture to force an up or down vote

I can't see the Dem caucus doing anything but supporting this nominee. I doubt they lose Ben Nelson. Either way we need to write them now.

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13. How would you characterize him? Moderate, left of center?

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7. Write your Senators!

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10. Esp if they are on the judiciary:

Patrick J. Leahy
Chairman, D-Vermont
Biography
Herb Kohl
D-Wisconsin
Biography

Jeff Sessions
Ranking Member, R-Alabama
Biography

Dianne Feinstein
D-California
Biography

Orrin G. Hatch
R-Utah
Biography

Russ Feingold
D-Wisconsin
Biography

Chuck Grassley
R-Iowa
Biography

Chuck Schumer
D-New York
Biography

Jon Kyl
R-Arizona
Biography

Dick Durbin
D-Illinois
Biography

Lindsey Graham
R-South Carolina
Biography

Benjamin L. Cardin
D-Maryland
Biography

John Cornyn
R-Texas
Biography

Sheldon Whitehouse
D-Rhode Island
Biography

Tom Coburn
R-Oklahoma
Biography

Amy Klobuchar
D-Minnesota
Biography


Ted Kaufman
D-Delaware
Biography


Arlen Specter
D-Pennsylvania
Biography


Al Franken
D-Minnesota
Biography


http://judiciary.senate.gov/about/members.cfm

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11. kick

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12. kick

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14. There is still a lot of speculation about Kagan:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7914575&mesg_id=7914575

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15. send this to the greatest page already, what are you waiting for?

[Hekate]

16. Done!

:toast:

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17. Your my new favorite DUer!