-The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 2011 by Peter Landers
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Democrats said Mr. Liu, a Rhodes Scholar whose nomination had languished since February 2010, was a sharp legal mind who would invigorate the bench…. “The nomination has been a source of tremendous pride for my family and community,” Mr. Liu said in his letter.
-San Francisco Chronicle, May 26, 2011 by Bob Egelko
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“My family and I have decided that it is time for us to regain the ability to make plans for the future,” Liu said. He added that the Judicial Council of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declared a “desperate need for judges” to fill vacancies, “and it is now clear that continuing my nomination will not address that need any time soon.”