Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Republicans step up opposition to liberal nominee

KPUA.net
Hawaii News
Posted: Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 10:22 AM HST


By Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are stepping up opposition to President Barack Obama's pick for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which serves nine western states, including Hawaii. Republicans are pushing to delay next Friday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for University of California, Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu. They complain Liu had omitted more than 100 items from a questionnaire about his background. Liu has since submitted the items and apologized. Republicans say the missing records included Liu's remarks on affirmative action; school funding and what the 2008 election meant for the Supreme Court.

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