Liberal court pick ready for Senate GOP grilling

[NJmaverick]

Source: Associated Press,

WASHINGTON – California law professor Goodwin Liu will be a test case of President Barack Obama's ability to win confirmation for a liberal appeals court nominee.
Round One is Friday, when Liu — nominated for a San Francisco-based appeals court — appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee to face Republicans staunchly opposed to his liberal views.
The nomination also will test Republican muscle to block Obama's court picks, now that Democrats no longer have a filibuster-proof majority of 60 votes.
Republicans have marked Liu as a liberal judicial activist. Democrats describe the former Rhodes Scholar, former Supreme Court clerk and assistant dean at the University of California, Berkeley, as a brilliant law professor

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[lamp_shade]

1. I hope cspan covers this.

[NJmaverick]

3. More importantly I hope the Dems have enough guts to call the GOP on their horrible

judicial activism and gives that false right wing talking point a richly deserved end

[saltpoint]

8. It really is a "richly deserved end," and that is it perfectly.

The Pukes have been stealing our horses for too long.

[saltpoint]

2. I like this guy.

[NJmaverick]

4. No doubt he is a solid liberal and a good choice

[Jefferson23]

5. Our country needs this good man, fingers crossed for Liu.

[ensho]

6. hope things go well

he is OK by me

[lonestarnot]

7. Guess I need to do some reading.