The American Conservative Union

CALL TO ACTION!

TAKE ACTION TO STOP OBAMA'S WORST JUDICIAL NOMINEE - GOODWIN LIU


On Tuesday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed cloture to end debate on the nomination of Goodwin Liu to the federal appeals court for the 9th District based in California. The vote will be on Thursday and it will take 60 votes to bring Liu's nomination to a vote.

Of all the poorly qualified political activists President Obama has nominated to the federal bench, Liu is arguably the worst of the bunch. An Associate Dean at Berkeley School of Law, Liu does not even meet the standards set by the American Bar Association, having no trial experience. A hero to the left for opposing the nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, Liu, if confirmed, would nevertheless be the odds-on favorite for the next Supreme Court vacancy.

CONTACT Sen. Richard M. Burr AND Sen. Kay Hagan AT (202) 224-3154 OR (202) 224-6342 NOW TO URGE A "NO" VOTE ON CLOTURE FOR THE GOODWIN LIU NOMINATION!

Liu has made it clear that he believes the constitution is merely a guide to judicial decisions. In his writings, Liu said he "envisions the judiciary as a culturally situated interpreter of social meaning." The key to judicial decisions, says Liu, should be "our collective values," "evolving norms," and "social understandings," rather than the Constitution as written or the laws passed by Congress.

How would this philosophy manifest itself? Well, for one thing, Liu has said there is a constitutional right to welfare, or as he put it, "negative rights against government oppression" and "positive rights to government assistance" should have "equal constitutional status."

TAKE ACTION NOW BY CONTACTING BOTH Sen. Richard M. Burr AND (202) 224-6342 AT (202) 224-3154 OR (202) 224-6342 TO OPPOSE CLOTURE ON THE GOODWIN LIU NOMINATION!

Liu's view on criminal law has resulted in the extraordinary opposition from 42 of 58 District Attorney's in California, where the 9th Circuit is based. Here's what they said about a Liu paper on criminal law:

"This document demonstrated beyond serious question that his (Liu's) views on criminal law, capital punishment and the role of the federal courts in second-guessing state decisions are fully aligned" with an appeals court that is "far outside of the judicial mainstream."

Other writing by Liu have supported reparations for slavery and racial quotas to remedy "societal discrimination," a position rejected by the Supreme Court.

Although Liu wants a pass for his past statements, he helped lead the fight against the Roberts and Alito Supreme Court nominations. Roberts, he said in an op-ed, had an "ideological agenda" hostile to the environmental workplace and consumer protections. Liu testified at Alito's confirmation hearing that the "America envisioned by his (Alito's) record is not the America we know, nor is it the America we aspire to be."

STOP THE LIU NOMINATION BY TAKING ACTION NOW. URGE Sen. Richard M. Burr AND Sen. Kay Hagan TO OPPOSE CLOTURE ON THE LIU NOMINATION BY CALLING (202) 224-3154 OR (202) 224-6342 NOW.

We at the American Conservative Union thank you for all you do to advance conservative principles.

Sincerely,

Al Cardenas, Chairman
American Conservative Union