Testimony on Alito from Professor Goodwin Liu

[realFedUp]

Testimony of Professor Goodwin Liu
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on the
Nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
to the United States Supreme Court
Submitted January 10, 2006

http://www.law.berkeley.edu/news/Liu_Alito_Testimony.pdf

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That concern is Judge Alito’s lack of skepticism toward government power that
infringes on individual rights and liberties. Throughout his career, with few exceptions,
Judge Alito has sided with the police, prosecutors, immigration officials, and other government
agents, while taking a minimalist approach to recognizing official error and
abuse. He is less concerned about government overreaching than federal appeals judges
nationwide, less concerned than Republican-appointed appeals judges nationwide, and
less concerned than his Republican-appointed colleagues on the Third Circuit (see Appendix
A). In this area, Judge Alito’s record is at the margin of the judicial spectrum, not
the mainstream. His deferential instinct toward government is at odds with the Supreme
Court’s vital role in protecting privacy, freedom, and due process of law, and it deserves
special concern in light of the questionable tactics being used to fight the War on Terror.

[Neil Lisst]

1. He's very good. Recommended viewing!

Finally, someone who makes sense.

OMG, Jeff Sessions is one more stupid redneck.

[realFedUp]

2. Liu's resume

Liu's primary areas of expertise are constitutional law, civil rights, the Supreme Court, and education policy. Liu is also an investigator with Boalt's new Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity & Diversity. He has published widely on these topics in law reviews and general media. Before joining the Boalt faculty in 2003, Liu was an appellate litigator at O'Melveny & Myers in Washington, D.C. He served as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during the October 2000 term and for Judge David Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1998 to 1999. Liu serves on the board of directors of the ACLU of Northern California and the American Constitution Society in Washington. He is a Rhodes Scholar and received his B.S. from Stanford University in 1991, an M.A. from Oxford University in 1993 and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1998.

[Loki]

3. Hopefully under a democratic president

he will be one of our nominees to the Supreme Court. Quite impressive.

[realFedUp]

4. indeed and he seems to have compassion also. nt

[HeatherDawn]

5. Unitary Executive

Please see my thread titled Adam Ciongoli...Alito's Corner Man for some relevent information on the Unitary
Executive theory.