Senate Republicans are preparing to mount an assault against one of President Obama's federal appeals court choices, offering a preview of a possible Supreme Court fight later this summer.
Goodwin Liu, the president's pick for to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, is expected to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday in what promises to be a contentious hearing...
Liu, 39, however is viewed by opponents as a game-changer. By all accounts, he is an opinionated and intellectually fierce academic with no judicial experience. Moreover, given his relative youth, an appeals court post could ultimately serve as a launching pad to a Supreme Court nomination down the road. Sotomayor, similarly, was placed on the appeals court in New York by President Clinton more than a decade before Obama named her to the high court...
Sessions and other GOP members of the committee are expected to examine Liu on his view of the Constitution and whether he believes new rights—such as a right to healthcare or education—can be identified within the 14th Amendment.
The line of questioning promises to be similar to one Republicans are likely to pursue against Obama's next Supreme Court nominee, should a justice announce his retirement at the end of this term.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sc-dc-judge-20100323,0,5278604.storyWatch the hearing tomorrow here:
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=4480I will report on this hearing in detail tomorrow night if you don't want to watch it in its entirety.
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