Posted on 07/27/2011 4:30:38 PM PDT by miker90210
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Tuesday nominated University of California law professor Goodwin Liu to sit on the state Supreme Court.
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That’s *Dr.* Grammar (and Spelling) Check to you. : )
“Most of the current residents weren’t around or are too young to remember.”
That thought occurred to me. Seems the change in demographics hasn’t helped the state a whole lot, however much it may be to the political advantage of Brown, Liu, Boxer and Feinstein
If it were up to me Goodwin Liu would have to acclimate himself to being Judge Judy’s clerk cause that’s as close the bench as I’d let him get. ;p
I’ll repeat my (terrible) pun from his thankfully aborted Circuit Court nomination: confirming Goodwin would be a bad loss for the rule of law.
AGREED!
I’m of the opinion that the DemocRAT establishment in D.C. wants to put Goodwin Liu on the U.S. Supreme Court. They want to be the party which puts the first Asian-American on the Court, and use the good PR to appoint a radical leftist. The 9th. Circus Court of Appeals was their original plan, but it backfired. This is Plan B.
You might remember that DemocRATS had similar plans for Sonia Sotomayor for years. They filibustered Miguel Estrada for that reason. They planned Sotomayor’s appointmemt for a long time and IMHO they’re doing the same with Liu.
I think that you’re correct; this is Plan B for the RATs. Place Liu on the California Supreme Court, have him serve a few years, and then nominate him for the 9th Circuit again (or, even better, the DC Circuit) when he’d be “experienced” and have a “proven track record of thoughtful decisions.” After two or three years on the Court of Appeals, they’d nominate him for SCOTUS while he’s still in his 40s, and they’d set him loose on a 40-year rampage of judicial activism.
The GOP can’t stop Liu from getting on the CA SC, but the voters can when he’s up for retention next year. Let’s see what happens.
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