Senator Leahy: No Further Delay Of Liu Confirmation Hearing (request denied)

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Wednesday responded to a letter sent yesterday by Republican members of the Committee seeking a third postponement of a hearing to consider the nomination of Professor Goodwin Liu to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

“At the time of Professor Liu’s twice-rescheduled hearing, Committee members will have had more than seven weeks to review the nominee’s record, and two weeks to review the materials submitted to the Committee on April 5,” wrote Leahy. “I see no reason to further delay this nominee’s opportunity to appear before the Committee and respond to the questions its members may have.”

Leahy first accommodated a request from the Committee’s Ranking Member, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), to delay scheduling the hearing on Liu’s nomination, which was intended to be held on March 10. The hearing was rescheduled for two weeks later, March 24, but Senate Republicans invoked a seldom-used procedural rule to force the cancellation of the hearing. The hearing is now scheduled for April 16.

Liu, who is a law professor at the University of California Berkeley School of Law, recently provided additional materials to the Committee in response to the Committee’s standard questionnaire. A majority of the submissions were event announcements or descriptions, agendas from third-party organizations, and publicly available news articles.

http://leahy.senate.gov/press/press_releases/release/?id=1de376dd-e5d0-4928-9a61-7475b7edd632



Previous posts

Progressives to rejoice, Obama nominates Goodwin Liu (Thu Feb-25-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7789498

Editorial: Liu is more than qualified to serve on appeals court (Mon Mar-01-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7816130

Fox News composes a hit piece on Obama nominee Goodwin Liu (Fri Mar-05-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7846137

Oakland Tribune: Obama judicial nominee already a target (Sat Mar-06-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7854860

9th Circuit candidate's career marked by rapid ascent, wide-ranging roles (Goodwin Liu) (Wed Mar-10-10)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-goodwin-liu9-2010mar09,0,1301596.story

AP: Young appeals court nominee raises liberal hopes (Sun Mar-14-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7912313

Testimony of Professor Goodwin Liu on the Nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. January 10, 2006 (Tue Mar-16-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7925476&mesg_id=7925476

San Francisco Chronicle: Obama nominee Goodwin Liu an unassuming man (Tue Mar-16-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7929953

Senate Judiciary Committee schedules Goodwin Liu nomination hearing (Tue Mar-16-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7930102

WP: Law professor Goodwin Liu may be test case for Obama judicial picks (Mon Mar-22-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7985276

ABC: SCOTUS Battle Quietly Brews, Contentious Hearing for Lower Court Nominee to Foreshadow (Mon Mar-22-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7985782

Ring-wing response to video threatens Obama judicial nominee (Mon Mar-22-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7986200

Websites form to support the nomination of Goodwin Liu (Tue Mar-23-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7992722

LAT: Controversy Over Obama Judge, GOP "preparing to mount an assault" (Tue Mar-23-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8000730

Senate Judiciary postpones the Goodwin Liu hearing "due to Republican objection" (Wed Mar-24-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8010610

Senator Patrick Leahy Press Release: Republican Objections Now Stall Even Committee Progress (Thu Mar-25-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8012621

Thomas Goldstein: A Hearing to Define "Mainstream" Judicial Views (Thu Mar-25-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8012997

Goodwin Liu Hearing Rescheduled for April 16 (Sat Mar-27-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8028717

NYT: An Exceptional Nominee (Sun Mar-28-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x526591

Majority of D.A.s in state oppose Obama nominee (Wed Mar-31-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8055635

Senator Hatch: Goodwin liu "a controversial nominee" because his views "appear to be pretty liberal" (Wed Mar-31-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8056270

Stanford Daily: Liu ‘91 turned to service on Farm (Thu Apr-01-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8065314

Media Matters: Fox News falsely claims Liu says "reparations on the table" (Thu Apr-01-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8065447

BLT: Conservatives Aim at 9th Circuit Nominee's Questionnaire (Thu Apr-01-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8071363

The Nation: Liu confirmation "should be a no-brainer.” (Sat Apr-03-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8078827

Fox News: Goodwin Liu "Under Fire" (Sat Apr-03-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8079624

"Keeping Faith with the Constitution" by Goodwin Liu and Pamela Karlan available online (Sat Apr-03-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8079660

LA Times - Goodwin Liu: A good choice for 9th Circuit (Tue Apr-06-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x528400

AP: Republicans step up opposition to liberal nominee (Tue Apr-06-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8101317

Goodwin Liu's letter to Leahy on the addendum to his Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire (Wed Apr-07-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8101702

"...to light, Republicans contended that Liu’s omission were extraordinary."

Because... (he is a Liberal).

“Most of these items are the types of things that law professors do routinely and frequently. They are nearly impossible to keep track of,” Minnesota law professor Richard Painter, a conservative lawyer who served as President Bush’s ethics adviser and helped prepare Bush’s nominees for Senate hearings, wrote on his blog Legal Ethics Forum. “The Senate questionnaires are lengthy and ask for just about everything. ... It appears to me, however, that his original answers to the questions were a careful and good faith effort to supply the Senate with the information it needed to assess his nomination.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35493.html#ixzz0kSp6jLCP

:wow:

That guy must have felt like the Maytag Repairman.

as a new rule for all Democratic congresscritters and Senators.

Enough is enough. No delaying tactics allowed and those who attempts to do so will be thrown out, ordered his committee rank lower than gnat's ass.

Whine about hearings past 2pm? Fine, you lose your precious pork the next time the budget is considered!

Hawkeye-X

which it is.