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Goodwin Liu deserves to serve on the 9th Circuit Court
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| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Edited | Craverguy May 18, 2011 05:42pm |
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| Author | Norman Y. Mineta |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 18, 2011 03:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | That oversight can and should change soon, and the Senate has the opportunity to do that. Professor Goodwin Liu, of the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Law, has been nominated by President Obama to serve on the Ninth Circuit Court. Liu was first nominated more than a year ago, on Feb. 24, 2010. He has waited longer for a full Senate vote than any appellate court nominee during the Obama administration. During that time, he has provided approximately five hours of testimony and submitted over a thousand pages of documents. He has been scrutinized more than any Obama nominee except for Supreme Court justices.
Liu is well overdue for a confirmation vote by the full Senate. As a former Cabinet member for both a Republican and a Democrat, I understand and respect the role that the Senate plays in evaluating presidential nominations. Nevertheless, that evaluation must at some point result in a decision. The Senate should not hide behind secret holds, cloture votes and filibuster threats to prevent an up or down vote. When that vote is called, Senators should vote in favor of this exceptionally qualified, measured and inspirational second-generation Asian Pacific American nominee.
The opposition to Liu has two main themes. First, some have argued that he is unqualified for the job based on his relative youth and lack of experience. To the contrary: Liu graduated from Stanford University, was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and received his law degree from Yale University. He had prestigious law clerkships with a D.C. Circuit judge and a Supreme Court justice. The American Bar Association gave Liu its highest ranking — “Unanimously Well-Qualified.” Fox News anchor and legal analyst Megyn Kelly said “his qualifications are unassailable,” and The New York Times agreed that he is “an exceptional nominee.” |
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