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How Has the Judiciary Affected APAs?

This is part of a series of posts examining the interaction of the Asian Pacific American community and our court system.  You can make an immediate contribution to increasing diversity on the federal bench by calling members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and signing a letter [link to come] urging your Senators to confirm Professor Goodwin Liu, nominee to the U.S.


The Supreme Court, APAs, and the Judiciary

This is the first of a series of posts examining the interaction of the Asian Pacific American community and our court system.  You can make an immediate contribution to increasing diversity on the federal bench by calling members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and signing a letter [link to come] urging your Senators to confirm Professor Goodwin Liu, nominee to the U.S.


News Roundup

• Leave it to the Daily News to find a new angle to downplay the significance of Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Of course the editorial employs the model minority myth about Asian Americans being hard working and super successful.