ABA Journal, March 1, 2009 by Leslie A. Gordon
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/left_turn_permitted/print/

“We had seen a departure by strict constructionists, who promoted expanded government with little accountability, excessive assertions of pres­idential authority, and a perverse doctrine of equal protection,” explains Goodwin Liu, chair of the ACS and an associate dean at the University of California at Berkeley’s Boalt Hall. “We believe there’s room for refashioning the legal culture to meet contemporary challenges. The Constitution is meant to be a simple and spare document that adapts to the many changes the country would confront.”

Los Angeles Times, February 25, 2009 by Noelle Carter
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-slowcookers25-2009feb25,0,3451809,print.story

His expertise includes constitutional law and education policy, but in his spare time the associate dean and professor of law at UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall likes to experiment with his slow cooker. A favorite discovery? Sweet potatoes. “I like to cook sweet potatoes over low heat—they come out to a lovely mash.”

The New York Times, January 7, 2009 by Eric Lichtblau
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/us/politics/08johnsen.html?pagewanted=print

Goodwin Liu, associate dean and law professor … who worked with Ms. Johnsen on the board of the American Constitution Society, said, “She’s a first-rate scholar who will uphold the law, and that will allow her to give the office the independence it needs to restore its credibility.”

NPR Weekend Edition, January 3, 2009 by Ari Shapiro
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98918143

“This is just a tremendous opportunity for us,” says University of California Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu. He’s the new chairman of the board at ACS. “Whereas I think in the last seven or eight years we had mostly been playing defense, in the sense of trying to prevent as many—in our view—bad things from happening, now we have the opportunity to actually get our ideas and the progressive vision of the Constitution and of law and policy into practice,” Liu says.

Los Angeles Times, Dec. 20, 2008 by Maura Dolan and Jessica Garrison
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/12/20/news/me-gay-marriage20

Goodwin Liu, associate dean and professor of law … said it was “extraordinary for the chief law enforcement officer of the state to decline to enforce a law—even on the grounds that it is unconstitutional…. The chief law enforcement officer of the state is charged with enforcing laws, even laws with which he disagrees,” Liu said. “Whether or not it will carry the day,” he added, “I have no idea.”

Los Angeles Times, Nov. 20, 2008 by Maura Dolan and Jessica Garrison
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-prop8-supreme-court20-2008nov20,0,7007814.story

UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu said the court’s refusal to put Proposition 8 on hold pending a ruling did not suggest that the court would eventually uphold the measure. “A stay is an extraordinary measure,” he said.

Los Angeles Times, Nov. 10, 2008 by Goodwin Liu
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-liu10-2008nov10,0,4823332.story

“Each of the 18,000 same-sex couples and their families in California represents a potential catalyst for broader acceptance of gay marriage. The more familiar we become with gay spouses and their children—as our friends, neighbors and co-workers—the more gay marriage will become an unremarkable thread of our social fabric. Proposition 8 may then come to be viewed, in the long run, not as an enduring constitutional principle but as the will of a narrow and ultimately temporary majority.”

Contra Costa Times, Nov. 5, 2008 by John Simerman
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_10909942

It’s “an uphill argument,” said Goodwin Liu, associate dean and professor of law. “The precedents…regarding what’s a revision and what’s an amendment give a pretty generous interpretation to the term ‘amendment,’” he said.

Politico, Nov. 3, 2008 by Ben Smith
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=61EA9116-18FE-70B2-A8B62601C63D9235

“He has a real opportunity to talk about not just affirmative-action, but to talk about social policy that speaks to the intersection between race and class together,” he said, saying Obama should focus the efforts not just on race in general, but on “black poverty” in particular.

Los Angeles Times, Oct. 22, 2008 by David G. Savage
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/scotus/la-na-scotus23-2008oct23,0,3452838.story

UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu described the decision as “utterly lacking in any legal principle” and added that the court was “remarkably unashamed to say so explicitly.” Its opinion noted that the ruling was “limited to the present circumstances.”

San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 20, 2008 by Bob Egelko
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/20/MNES13IOES.DTL&type=printable

UC Berkeley’s Liu said judicial selection might have a tough time competing for a new president’s attention in a period of war abroad and economic convulsions at home. “I don’t think Obama himself would have enough bandwidth to make this a signature issue,” Liu said. “But it’s a good vice presidential project, and who better (for the task) than Joe Biden?”

KNBC-TV, Oct. 3
http://www.knbc.com/news/17611121/detail.html

Liu said courts typically do not favor retroactive application of the law unless it is clearly stated in the law or ballot language. “Nothing in the text of Prop 8, nothing in the voter information guide and nothing in the background of the measure so far indicates that Prop 8 is intended to apply retroactively,” Liu said.

KTVU Evening News, May 14, by Amber Lee
http://www.ktvu.com/video/16269552/index.html

“I think other states where there is litigation taking place over this issue will take note of what California has done.”

New Republic blog, The Plank, March 4, by Josh Patashnik
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/03/04/nationalize-the-schools.aspx

As UC Berkeley’s Goodwin Liu explains, Massachusetts has 33 percent fewer poor children than Alabama, but receives 36 percent more aid under Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

National Public Radio, Morning Edition, June 29, Reporter Nina Totenberg
“…school districts will have….to figure out…what kind of flexibility they have and how they can design creative solutions to racially integrate their schools.”

PBS, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer June 29, Host Margaret Warner
To listen, go to: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june07/roberts_06-29.html

San Francisco Chronicle, June 29, by Bob Egelko
“School districts have been sent back to the drawing board … to devise creative assignment plans…”

Diverse Issues in Higher Education Online, June 29, by Ibram Rogers
“I think that the majority of the court is still willing to keep the Michigan affirmative action case intact…”

L.A. Daily Journal, June 29, by Brent Kendall

Reuters, June 29, by James Vicini
“What a difference a single justice makes…”

New York Sun, June 29, by Joseph Goldstein
“…school officials will not be violating the Constitution if they take race into account in deciding where to put the schools….”

Bay Area Newswire, San Francisco Chronicle & CBS5.com, June 28
“The take-away from today’s ruling is that five justices agree that racially integrated public schools remain a compelling interest of our society.”

Which Way, L.A.? (KCRW-FM NPR), June 28, Host Warren Olney
To listen, go to: http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/ww/ww070628the_united_states_su
National Public Radio, All Things Considered, June 28, Reporter: Nina Totenberg

Contra Costa Times, July 3, by National Columnist Ellen Goodman
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/news/mediacoverage/inthenews/July1-13-07.pdf#liu0703

“This has been Justice Ginsburg’s MO…She has tried to be collegial, respectful on the court. She’s not a screamer. So it’s unusual to be reading opinions that say enough is enough.”

Education Week, July 12, by Mark Walsh
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/news/mediacoverage/inthenews/July1-13-07.pdf#liu0712
“It’s going to be worked out on a district-by-district basis…Districts that are very committed to integration will continue to try to
achieve it. It is fundamentally an issue of political will.”