Political row in US over Goodwin Liu
SHORTLIST: If confirmed over the objections of Republicans, Goodwin Liu could potentially become the first Asian-American US Supreme Court judgeBy William Lowther
STAFF REPORTER , WASHINGTON
Monday, Apr 12, 2010, Page 3
A major political row is brewing over US President Barack Obama’s nomination of law professor Goodwin Liu (劉弘威) — the son of Taiwanese immigrants — to be a judge at the powerful San Francisco-based appeals court.
The nomination must be approved by the US Senate and conservative Republicans — the politicians who are generally most friendly toward Taiwan — are dead set against him as they see the 39-year-old Liu, the assistant dean and law professor at the University of California at Berkeley, as an extreme liberal who would move the US toward the political left.
“He is far outside the mainstream of American jurisprudence,” said Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee.