WASHINGTON – Goodwin Liu told senators on Wednesday that he showed “poor judgment” in the concluding paragraph of his 2006 testimony against the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr., further backing away from a statement that threatens to sink Mr. Liu’s own judicial nomination.
The Berkeley law professor began his 2006 testimony saying that Justice Alito had “an exceptionally talented legal mind” demonstrating “sharp analysis, lawyerly craft, and impressive mastery of complex issues.” But he expressed concern about Justice Alito’s “lack of skepticism toward government power that infringes on individual rights and liberties.”
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