Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to nominate Berkeley Law Professor Goodwin Liu to California’s Supreme Court is a highly partisan poke in the eye at Republicans, given that GOP congressional criticisms led Liu, in May, to withdraw his name from contention for a slot on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal. Liu might be too radical for a post on a federal court, but not for one on our state’s highest court, which is yet another reminder of California’s leftward drift. Read More