WASHINGTON — Goodwin Liu told senators today that he showed “poor judgment” in the concluding paragraph of his 2006 testimony against the confirmation of Justice Samuel Alito, further backing away from a statement that threatens to sink Liu’s own judicial nomination.
Liu was asked about the 2006 statement several times as he testified during his second confirmation hearing for a spot on the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. In one exchange, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., asked, “Is that a case of poor judgment? Or is it a case of just lack of knowledge and insight?”
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