Theodore Frank explains why Goodwin Liu’s nomination to the Ninth Circuit should be voted down.
The Ninth Circuit is a court that was one vote away from striking down the Pledge of Allegiance; regularly abuses the law to disregard states’ wishes to impose capital punishment; has ordered California to release 25% of its prisoners; has forbidden Los Angeles from enforcing laws against sleeping on sidewalks; has said it has seen no reason why animals should not be allowed to sue the federal government; held an ex-police officer could sue his employer for firing him for running a porn site in his uniform; said that gun manufacturers could be held civilly liable for the shooting sprees of the mentally ill.
Liu opposed the nomination of Chief Justice Roberts based on Roberts’ support for “free enterprise,” “private ownership of property,” and “limited government.”
What was it Teddy Kennedy said about nominating someone who would impose a “reactionary vision of the Constitution”?
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