Check this out, sent to me by my neighbor

[madokie]

IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED: Mr. Goodwin Liu needs just seven more votes to become one of the most radical, anti-constitution judges on the federal bench. Tell your U.S. Senator to vote "no" on cloture for Liu's nomination!

The foundations of America rest on the professionalism and impartiality of our judicial bench.

Mr. Liu's statements exemplify that he is the rarest of judicial nominees -- one that discards the rule of law in favor of attempting to "determine, at the moment of decision, whether our collective values on a given issue have converged to a degree that they can be persuasively crystallized and credibly absorbed into legal doctrine," as quoted in the Stanford Law Review in 2008.

If that doesn't send chills down your spine, nothing else will.

Mr. Liu's nomination sets a dangerous new low for judicial ethics that can (and will) be taken advantage of by political extremists, and it will put Mr. Liu's unprincipled political radicalism on the short list for a potential Supreme Court justice nomination.

Should this happen, Liu's excessive and unbound legal philosophy would exceed even that of recently appointed Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, creating the conditions where even their views would be considered much more mainstream than that of Mr. Liu's.

The vote for Liu's confirmation is being rushed through by Senator Harry Reid for this Thursday, May 19th. Please, contact your U.S. Senators and urge them to vote "no" for cloture on Goodwin Liu.


Andrea Lafferty
President
Traditional Values Coalition

[mwb970]

1. Here's a more balanced view of Liu.

Judicial nominee Liu deserves approval by Norman J. Mineta
(The Hill, May 18, 2011)

Professor Goodwin Liu, of the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Law, has been nominated by President Obama to serve on the Ninth Circuit Court. Liu was first nominated more than a year ago, on Feb. 24, 2010. He has waited longer for a full Senate vote than any appellate court nominee during the Obama administration. During that time, he has provided approximately five hours of testimony and submitted over a thousand pages of documents. He has been scrutinized more than any Obama nominee except for Supreme Court justices.

Liu is well overdue for a confirmation vote by the full Senate. As a former Cabinet member for both a Republican and a Democrat, I understand and respect the role that the Senate plays in evaluating presidential nominations. Nevertheless, that evaluation must at some point result in a decision. The Senate should not hide behind secret holds, cloture votes and filibuster threats to prevent an up or down vote. When that vote is called, Senators should vote in favor of this exceptionally qualified, measured and inspirational second-generation Asian Pacific American nominee.

(snip)

Critics have attacked Liu based on ideological grounds, charging that he is a “radical” or “extremist” liberal. Any fair reading of Liu’s writings and speeches illustrates that he is a mainstream nominee who is intelligent, open-minded about different opinions and ideas and thorough in his scholarship. The list of people supporting Liu further contradicts the notion that he would bring a political agenda to the bench. The list includes prominent conservatives such as former federal appellate court judge and Whitewater prosecutor Ken Starr, former Republican Rep. Tom Campbell (Calif.), Ford administration Transportation Secretary William T. Coleman Jr., and school choice advocate Clint Bolick. All of these individuals believe that Liu would make an excellent judge.

In short, Liu is an extremely well-qualified nominee who has the intellectual capacity, experience, temperament and integrity to be an excellent jurist. If Liu is not confirmed, Asian Pacific Americans might be left with the impression that there continues to be a glass ceiling blocking Asian Pacific Americans from top-level leadership positions regardless of their qualifications. As the first Asian Pacific American member of the president’s Cabinet, I know how meaningful it is to break barriers and inspire others. Especially during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Senate should use this opportunity to recognize the achievements of Asian Pacific Americans and inspire Asian Pacific Americans to continue to make America even stronger.

Liu sounds like just the kind of person a right-wing asshole would hate - "intelligent, open-minded about different opinions and ideas and thorough in his scholarship". This is not the sort of thing that appeals to conservatives!

[ejpoeta]

2. that's ok. i had a friend tell me they were going to pass a law so that

presidential appointments didn't need have any hearings AT ALL and so then the president could appoint a serial killer if he wanted!! so, when they pass that law then there will be no problem appointing this totally radical activist anti constitutional judge!! lol.

i don't understand these folks AT ALL. why do they never realize they are screwing themselves by their fear.

[liberal N proud]

3. Since this is a chain e-mail from a right wing hate group

I am assuming that "radical" translates to no of the groups view.

Anytime I see chain mail like this, I usually delete it.

Key words are IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED and PASS THIS ON or SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE

[madokie]

4. I delete them first thing too usually but this one I posted for the OMG factor

How can some people be so stupid as to shoot themselves in the foot, if you will, by their fears and choices they make in who they support and vote for. My reply to my neighbor is this is more rightwing bull straight from the teabaggers INC.
I also reminded him that I like the choices our President has made in his supreme court nominees. I'm sure that will have him all twisted in a pretzel for a while today but he'll get over it. A little sore maybe but get over it he will ultimately. When we first became neighbors he was a dino big time and still is to a point but I have been making inroads evidenced by some of the things we talk about now. I've a long way to go but we're tinkerers in kind so we have a lot in common on that front which allows me to keep working on him to try to get the man to see the errors of his ways. After all votes is what we really need and every one is important.
Have a great day :hi: