Bay Area News Group, July 26, 2011 by Josh Richman and Howard Mintz
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_18551618
“Anyone who watched professor Liu testify during the rigorous Senate hearings on Capitol Hill knows that he’s an exemplary scholar with enormous constitutional knowledge and intellectual rigor,” Edley said. “Our students and faculty will miss his leadership and scholarship dearly, but it’s a higher calling and California’s gain.”
In Brown’s news release Tuesday, Liu said he’s “deeply honored” by this new nomination and looks forward “to the opportunity to serve the people of California on our state’s highest court.”