goldmonkey
13th May 2010, 02:06 PM
Goodwin Liu, one of President Barack Obama's most controversial lower court nominees, cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a partisan 12-7 vote Thursday, signaling a fierce floor fight over one of the more liberal judicial picks of the Obama presidency.
Nominated to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in February at age 39, Liu is one of Obama’s youngest nominees. He is a Yale law graduate, was a Rhodes scholar and is currently a aw professor at Berkeley.
His nomination is so controversial in part because he is viewed as a possible future Supreme Court nominee. As the son of Taiwanese parents, he would be the first Asian-American to serve on the highest court.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37195.html
Goodwin Liu - on Reparations for Slavery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgR2I3mvz74
Nominated to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in February at age 39, Liu is one of Obama’s youngest nominees. He is a Yale law graduate, was a Rhodes scholar and is currently a aw professor at Berkeley.
His nomination is so controversial in part because he is viewed as a possible future Supreme Court nominee. As the son of Taiwanese parents, he would be the first Asian-American to serve on the highest court.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37195.html
Goodwin Liu - on Reparations for Slavery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgR2I3mvz74