Brown Taps Goodwin Liu for a Supreme Court Seat

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 08 No. 2011 Pg. 04
• Publication year: 2011
• Pages: 04
• Year: 2011

California Bar Journal 2011.

CBJ - August 2011 #04. Brown taps Goodwin Liu for a Supreme Court seat

The California Lawyer
August 2011

Brown taps Goodwin Liu for a Supreme Court seat

The Commission on Judicial Appointments will consider the nomination of Goodwin Liu to the Supreme Court Aug. 31 after Gov. Brown named the Boalt Hall professor to the court last month. If confirmed, he will replace Carlos Moreno, who retired in February.

The 40-year-old Liu was nominated three times by President Obama to the ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, but the appointment was blocked by Senate Republicans, who considered him too liberal. He withdrew in May after his supporters fell eight votes short of the needed 60-vote majority to end a filibuster.

Goodwin Liu

Brown called Liu "an extraordinary man and a distinguished legal scholar and teacher. He is a nationally recognized expert on constitutional law and has experience in private practice...