[PghBaldy]

Just the fact he HID over 100 docs from the Senate should disqualify him.

[jessduntno]

“He has criticized conservative legal doctrine, written that the interpretation of the Constitution must evolve and adapt to a changing society, and theorized that people may have a constitutional right to “welfare” benefits, such as education and shelter, if those things are bestowed on them by legislative action.”

We could be cursed with this bastard for 40 - 50 years.

[Clintonfatigued]

I know that the Libertarian ping list doesn’t usually ping judgeship articles, but they may be interested in this one. Here is an excerpt:

““He has criticized conservative legal doctrine, written that the interpretation of the Constitution must evolve and adapt to a changing society, and theorized that people may have a constitutional right to “welfare” benefits”

A Constitutional right to welfare benefits? I’ve never heard anything like that before.

[Clintonfatigued]

This guy is a radical even by the standards of the 9th. Circus Court of Appeals.

[JimRed]

If one is pro-Constitution one can’t vote for Liu.

[Bulldawg Fan]

Justice Robert Jackson wrote after WW2 that the US Constitution is not an instrument of national suicide. John Paul Stevens, this guy and many other hard core leftists disagree.

[AuH2ORepublican]

His name isn’t Gordon Liu, it’s Goodwin Liu. And, yes, he’s far too radical to be allowed to serve as a federal circuit judge.

[bamahead]

Conservatives cite a Stanford Law Review article, "Rethinking Constitutional Welfare Rights," to argue Liu may find a court-mandated fundamental right to shelter, subsistence, health care and more...In citing areas where the bench "can legitimately foster evolution of welfare rights," he refers to "California's antiquated and inequitable system of school finance."



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