Posted on 20 May 2011. Tags: Barack Obama, Berkeley Professor, Berkeley School, Courtroom Experience, Federal Appeals Court, Federal Bench, Goodwin Liu, Hans Von Spakovsky, Mitch Mcconnell, Nixon Administration, Rhodes Scholar, Role Of A Judge, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republicans, Social Understandings, Supreme Court Nominees, University Of California Berkeley, Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal reports today, “Senate Republicans blocked law professor Goodwin Liu’s appointment to a federal appeals court Thursday, when Democrats fell eight votes short of the 60 needed to end a filibuster. Mr. Liu, whom liberal legal scholars saw as a rising star, proved more contentious than even President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court [...]
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