(04-16) 19:45 PDT WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans took turns flaying appeals court nominee Goodwin Liu at his confirmation hearing Friday, accusing the UC Berkeley law professor of planning to rewrite the Constitution to enlarge government, expand judicial power and invent new rights. The Senate Judiciary Committee's top Republican, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, said Liu's writings exemplified "intellectual judicial activism," and ridiculed his attempt to distinguish his academic role from the job he would do as a judge. Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., said Liu would bring a liberal agenda to the court, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said he might have...