Confirmation hearings for a UC Berkeley law professor got underway in the Senate Judiciary committee today. President Obama nominated Goodwin Liu to serve on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, and the choice is setting off a firestorm among conservatives. If he's confirmed, Liu will be the only Asian-American on the federal appeals bench.
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