Goodwin Liu
USINFO | 2013-08-14 13:53
Goodwin Liu
劉弘威 |
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California |
Incumbent |
Assumed office
September 1, 2011 |
Nominated by |
Jerry Brown |
Preceded by |
Carlos R. Moreno |
Personal details |
Born |
October 19, 1970 (age 42)
Augusta, Georgia |
Nationality |
American |
Spouse(s) |
Ann O'Leary |
Children |
Violet O'Leary-Liu
Emmett O'Leary-Liu |
Alma mater |
Stanford University (B.S.)
University of Oxford(M.Phil.)
Yale Law School (J.D.) |
Occupation |
Judge, professor, lawyer |
Goodwin Hon Liu (Chinese: 劉弘威; pinyin: Liú Hóngwēi; born October 19, 1970) is an American lawyer and educator of Taiwanese descent, and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. Prior to his appointment by California Governor Jerry Brown, Liu was Associate Dean and Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). Liu has been recognized for his writing on constitutional law, education policy, civil rights, and the Supreme Court.
On February 24, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Liu to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.For more than a year, Liu's nomination languished, amid significant opposition from Republicans in the U.S. Senate. On May 19, 2011, the Senate rejected cloture on Liu's nomination in a 52-43 vote, and on May 25, 2011, Liu informed President Obama that he was withdrawing his name from consideration to the seat on the Ninth Circuit, telling the president that "With no possibility of an up-or-down vote on the horizon, my family and I have decided that it is time for us to regain the ability to make plans for the future."
On July 26, 2011, Governor Jerry Brown nominated Liu to a seat on the Supreme Court of California, succeeding Associate Justice Carlos R. Moreno. Three days later, President Obama formally notified the Senate that he was withdrawing Liu's nomination for the federal 9th Circuit. He was sworn into the California Supreme Court on September 1, 2011.
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