Law professor Goodwin Liu is young and progressive and could be on the fast track to the Supreme Court — but his nomination to a lower court has already hit a troubled patch after he neglected to send some of his most controversial past statements to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
On Tuesday, Liu sent an additional 117 items to the committee — including some of his most incendiary statements on issues such as affirmative action, school busing and constitutional welfare rights. Liu’s hearing has already been postponed once, and his failure to disclose controversial writings has Republicans saying Liu’s nomination is in “jeopardy.”
The missing material “creates the impression that he knowingly attempted to hide his most controversial work from the committee,” Judiciary Committee Republicans wrote to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy on Tuesday.
Liu has been nominated to the 9th Circuit, a traditionally liberal bench, and conservatives from California to Washington are declaring war on his nomination.
Read more: Republicans: President Obama’s judicial pick in ‘jeopardy’ – Kasie Hunt – POLITICO.com.
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