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Goodwin Liu '12!

DE's congratulatory press release is below. I'm not sure if the nomination has just occurred and not yet been reported; otherwise, we may have jumped the gun a little bit.

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The LA Times is reporting that GL will be nominated to an open seat on the Ninth Circuit today. And unlike earlier articles, this report includes a pre-packaged soundbite from Dianne Feinstein. In light of senatorial courtesy, this quote may as well be Obama's official announcement.

Prior N&B threads on Goodwin Liu shows a surprisingly wide range of view at Boalt. There are clearly a lot Boalties that worship at the Church of Goodwin. There are others that think that his constitutional law classes were overly biased in the ACS direction. (These last two sentences may not be unrelated.) I don't really know enough about GL to make any opinions. I thought his graduation speech last may was underwhelming. But he's been very helpful to me in the few situations in which I've interacted with him.

The logistical problem facing N&B on this topic is that, these days, the confirmation of judicial nominations can take years--if they happen at all. And the track record of speedy confirmations for Obama nominees is not good. Although the LA Times article suggests that GL has well-placed conservative supporters, he may be a controverial nomination (based on his ACS leadership and his opposition to the Alito SCOTUS nomination). And if we keep popping up with thread updates every few months, then we'll separate all the different comments.

So I propose keeping this as a kind of enduring GL Confirmation thread. I'll try to keep it updated as appropriate, and will bump it whenever there are any new developments. I also may change the title as appropriate, but will keep the comments. Of course, other posters can start their own threads. (After all, I'm sure there will be plenty of press releases coming out soon...)

Press Releases: Berkeley Law
Blogosphere Links: Volokh; Queer-Town (LA Weekly)

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on February 24, 2010 (boomark / email).