U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
May 21, 2011
Republicans Block Liu's Nomination
Senate Republicans dealt a potentially fatal blow to UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu's quest to join the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by filibustering his nomination Thursday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans dealt what was likely a fatal blow to UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu's quest to join the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by filibustering his nomination Thursday.
Democrats could try to break the filibuster on Liu by calling another cloture vote, but political analysts pointed to the eight-vote margin of defeat as evidence suggesting that subseq...
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