Reid files for cloture on Goodwin Liu nomination! Write your Senators now

usregimechange

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Tue May-17-11 07:15 PM
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Reid files for cloture on Goodwin Liu nomination! Write your Senators now

DU Vote push

We need everyone to write their Senators now! Especially targeting the following Senators (who voted in our favor the last time their was a judicial cloture vote):

Alexander (R-TN)
Brown (R-MA)
Collins (R-ME)
Graham (R-SC)
Kirk (R-IL)
McCain (R-AZ)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Snowe (R-ME)
Thune (R-SD)

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00065

But please write all your Senators and kick this thread to keep it going!

The news

May 17, 2011
Democrats Push to Confirm Appeals Court Nominee Goodwin Liu

Updated at 7:09 p.m.

Goodwin Liu's bid for a federal judgeship is headed for a crucial vote this week, in what will likely be the biggest fight yet over any of President Barack Obama's nominees for the lower federal courts.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) moved tonight to bring debate on Liu�s nomination to a close, setting up a vote possibly on Thursday. The motion needs the support of 60 senators to pass. The Democratic caucus controls 53 seats, so they would need Republican help to defeat a filibuster.

Reid considered a similar move to end debate on Liu�s nomination at least once before, in November, before backing off. But in recent weeks, Senate Democrats have turned their attention to pushing through other Obama judicial nominees who faced tough opposition, including Edward Chen and John �Jack� McConnell Jr. for federal district court. McConnell survived an attempted Republican filibuster, and the Senate has not voted down any of Obama�s judge picks.

http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2011/05/democrats-may-push-to-confirm-appeals-court-nominee-goodwin-liu.html

The nominee

Goodwin Liu, Associate Dean and Professor of Law at the UC Berkeley School of Law
Nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
40 Years Old.

The 9th Circuit

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tishaLA

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Tue May-17-11 07:17 PM
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1. Feinstein and Boxer will vote for him

So that's at least one phone call I don't have to make.

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usregimechange

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Tue May-17-11 07:19 PM
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2. Well Feinstein recommended him herself and Boxer is clearly on board, do you have friends in Maine?

Or the other states mentioned?

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usregimechange

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Tue May-17-11 07:59 PM
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3. Sent mine to MO Senators...

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Tx4obama

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Tue May-17-11 08:30 PM
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4. Kick and Rec -- n/t

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Tue May-17-11 08:36 PM
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5. How do we get DU more interested in this?

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usregimechange

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Tue May-17-11 08:53 PM
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6. Message to Roy Blunt:

Please support the motion to invoke cloture on the judicial nomination of Goodwin Liu. The federal judiciary already has 86 vacancies and judicial nominees should not be kept from receiving an up or down vote on the floor except in extreme circumstances. Having different political beliefs do not rise to that level.

Thank you!

DU: Ok to copy and paste to hostile Senators.

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usregimechange

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Tue May-17-11 09:10 PM
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7. Message to Claire McCaskill:

Please support the motion to invoke cloture on the judicial nomination of Goodwin Liu and his confirmation to be a federal judge on the 9th Circuit. The federal judiciary already has 86 vacancies and judicial nominees should not be kept from receiving an up or down vote on the floor except in extreme :circumstances.

The American Bar Association gave Liu its highest possible rating of unanimously "well-qualified." He is a nationally-recognized expert on constitutional law and is experienced in both the private and public sectors. Please support his nomination.

Thank you,

DU: Ok to copy and paste to friendly Senators.

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usregimechange

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Tue May-17-11 09:43 PM
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8. Senate now has it scheduled:

Prior to adjournment on Tuesday, May 17th, Senator Reid filed cloture on Executive Calendar #80, Goodwin Liu, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. Senators should expect a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Liu nomination to occur at a time to be determined on Thursday.

http://democrats.senate.gov/calendar/2011-05.html

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Tx4obama

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Tue May-17-11 11:10 PM
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9. Kick. n/t

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Zorra

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Tue May-17-11 11:16 PM
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10. Thanks. nt

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usregimechange

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Wed May-18-11 07:17 AM
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11. Kick

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