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Republican Lawmakers have, ONCE AGAIN, dissed a qualified judicial candidate nominated by President Obama. First, they voted against the FIRST Hispanic American, Chief Justice Sotomayor. Now Republican Senators are holding up the approval of Asian Pacific American Goodwin Liu whose nomination has been sitting on their desks for OVER A YEAR. Professor Goodwin Liu of the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Law would sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit covering the West Coast and Hawaii. He would, also be the ONLY, sitting, Asian Pacific American appellate judge to represent a population that’s nearly 40% Asian Pacific American.
In both cases, Republican Lawmakers pulled out their LAME BRAINED “qualifications” card. Chief Justice Sotomayor AND Professor Liu received the American Bar Association’s highest ranking – “Unanimously Well-Qualified”. Additionally, during her Congressional hearings, it was noted that Chief Justice Sotomayor was the “most qualified Supreme Court Justice nominee IN HISTORY”. The New York Times stated that Professor Liu is “an exceptional nominee”, and even FOX News anchor and legal analyst Megyn Kelly said “his qualifications are unassailable.”
So what’s the problem with Republican Lawmakers and QUALIFIED federal justices? Is it because Justice Sotomayor is a Hispanic American; Professor Liu is an Asian Pacific American, or is it because both candidates were nominated by an Afro-American?
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