Will Transgender, Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay People Stand Up For A Progressive Judicial Nominee?

Will you stand up for a progressive judicial nominee?  Restore balance to the courts. Your message to Chair Leahy:  Please fight to confirm Goodwin Liu, President Obama's nominee to the federal appeals court. If conservatives are able to stall and attack Mr. Liu without any pushback from Democrats, it surely will influence the White House as it chooses a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.  Have you heard of Goodwin Liu? Few have, though he is a leading constitutional scholar, currently associate dean at University of California's Berkeley School of Law, and a former clerk to Associate Justice Ginsburg. But he is also President Obama's nominee for a critical open spot on a federal appeals court — one level below the Supreme Court. The White House has been hoping that if it stayed silent about Professor Liu, the ardent Republican naysayers of the Senate might not oppose the nomination. But they will. So the only question is whether you and Democrats on the Judiciary Committee will fight for Professor Liu. If we do not, he will suffer the fate of hundreds of other Obama nominees who have been left twisting in the political winds. We cannot stand by and let right-wing senators blackball every progressive nominee put forward by the Obama Administration. Click here to automatically sign our petition in support of Goodwin Liu. When Senate hearings on Liu's nomination begin tomorrow morning, it will not just be the seat on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that is at stake. If conservatives are able to stall and attack Mr. Liu without any pushback, it surely will influence the White House as it chooses a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. President Bush tilted the federal judiciary sharply to the right with little opposition. We have already paid a massive price for the packed courts with radical decisions providing for unlimited corporate spending on elections and blocking common sense limitations on gun ownership. If we don't fight for progressive nominees, we'll never restore balance to the courts. Let's confirm Goodwin Liu, and then build on that momentum to demand a Supreme Court nominee who will fight back against Scalia, Roberts, and Alito. Click here to automatically sign our petition to confirm Goodwin Liu. Thank you for standing up for progressive nominees. Becky Bond, Political Director CREDO Action from Working Assets Did you know CREDO has a Facebook page? Click here to check it out!