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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Law - IU's Dawn Johnsen just one of many law profs "shut out of top jobs" [Updated]

"Law Professors Find a Hard Road to Federal Appointments" is the headline to a long story by Karen Sloan in the National Law Journal that begins:

With one of their own sitting in the Oval Office, it's reasonable to think that legal academics might enjoy an edge in snagging nominations for plum judicial and executive branch posts. But law professors have received a relatively chilly reception in Washington of late, at least when it comes to high-profile positions that require the blessing of the Senate.

Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren was passed over to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after rubbing Republican leaders the wrong way with her blunt skepticism toward Wall Street. Instead, Obama nominated former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray.

University of California, Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu in May withdrew from consideration for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after the Senate twice failed to confirm him. Republicans objected to liberal views expressed in his academic writings as well as Liu's harsh criticism of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito during his own 2006 confirmation.

University of Wisconsin Law School professor Victoria Nourse's year-old nomination to the 7th Circuit has been put on hold by freshman U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.

[Updated at 12:54] Just spotted this story in the LA Times, headed "Jerry Brown nominates Goodwin Liu to California Supreme Court."

Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 26, 2011 12:44 PM
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