Tell the Senate to Confirm Federal Court Nominee Goodwin Liu

by Alex DiBranco · 2010-09-22 17:00:00 UTC
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With a name like Goodwin, how can Liu lose?

Unfortunately, Republicans aren't charmed by a winning name any more than they are by strong qualifications. So Prof. Goodwin Liu, President Barack Obama's nominee to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, has been blocked for months from being confirmed for an office he is eminently qualified for. After Congress decided to go on vacation without reaching a decision on Liu, Obama had to renominate the good professor to be approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee yet again and then face the full Senate. This time, let's get it done, shall we?

Marcia D. Greenberger, co-president of the National Women's Law Center, points out that the Berkeley law professor has been unanimously deemed "well-qualified" by the American Bar Association. There's no reason why Liu shouldn't be approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee tomorrow and then go on to win full Senate confirmation. Yet the dude couldn't even get a floor vote scheduled last go-round without Republicans breaking out the delaying tactics (although he's won a few of them over and thus enjoys bipartisan support). What gives?

Certainly nobody could take issue with his awesome name or equally awesome qualifications. So can you say "ideology"? Prof. Liu supports a woman's right to privacy. In other words: if she doesn't wanted to incubate a fetus, she doesn't have to. Support for the dreaded A-word is hardly going to win him fast friend amongst right-wingers. (Chris Santiago also raises questions on Race in America about the blocking of a confirmation that could set Liu on the path to being the first Asian-American Supreme Court Justice.)

Republicans have been going all out to leave the benches of our federal courts bare. It's time to put a stop to this, and get Prof. Goodwin Liu good and confirmed.

Photo credit: bloomsberries

Alex DiBranco is a Change.org Editor who has worked for the Nation, Political Research Associates, and the Center for American Progress. She is now based in New York City.

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