Goodwin Liu’s hearing

Liu Hearing Today

Ed Whelan National Review 4/16/2010

Ninth Circuit nominee Goodwin Liu’s hearing apparently will go forward today at 10:00, notwithstanding Republican objections to the short period of time that’s been available to review Liu’s large fourth supplemental submission. If you’d like to watch the hearing live, you should be able to do so […]

Liu nomination “in jeopardy” after “dozens” of omissions from questionnaire

Ed Morrissey HotAir.com 4/6/2010

Conservatives had already begun working to oppose the nomination of Berkeley Law professor Goodwin Liu to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, but Liu may have handed them some serious ammunition. Liu was forced to apologize today after the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee publicly scolded the nominee for dozens […]

Obama’s appointee Goodwin Liu’s confirmation hearing postponed

Bob Egelko San Francisco Chronicle 3/26/2010

The much-anticipated confirmation hearing for Goodwin Liu, a UC Berkeley law professor nominated by President Obama to the federal appeals court in San Francisco, fell victim to congressional turmoil over health care Thursday and was postponed, probably until after a two-week recess.

The Senate Judiciary Committee had been scheduled […]

Senate Republicans block committee hearings again

Alexander Bolton The Hill 3/24/2010

Republicans have blocked Senate committee hearings for a second consecutive day to protest moving healthcare fixes under special budget rules.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) asked for consent to hold a hearing Wednesday afternoon but Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) objected. Burr said he was acting on behalf […]

Obama Picks Anti-Alito Left-Winger For Ninth Circuit Court Seat

John L. Work NewsRealBlog 2010 February 24

Conservative radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh has said many times that elections have consequences. One of the more-far-reaching powers that sitting Presidents hold is the ability to influence the Leftward or Rightward tilt of the entire Republic by the appointments of Justices to the Federal Circuit Courts and […]

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