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Defend America on Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:16:04 PM
Obama 9th Circuit Nominee: Constitution Must Adapt to Changes in the World
By Shannon Bream
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FOXNews.com
Even
his critics describe him as "brilliant," but newly-nominated law
professor Goodwin Liu will not have an easy time getting to the 9th
Circuit bench.
At age 39, Liu has compiled an impressive resume: Rhodes Scholar,
Supreme Court clerk, top grades at both Stanford University and Yale
Law School and now law professor University of California, Berkeley.
Liu has also aligned himself with progressive legal groups,
including the American Constitution Society, where he is chairman of
the board of directors. That's prompting opponents to argue that Liu is
"too far outside the mainstream" to take a seat on a court just one
step below the Supreme Court of the United States.
"He believes the Constitution is something judges can manipulate to
have it say what they think culture or evolving standards of decency
requires of it in a given day," said the Senate Judiciary Committee's
top Republican Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.
Ed Whelan, a one-time clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia and now
president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, echoed those concerns.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/04/obama-th-circuit-nominee-constitution-adapt-changes-world/