Outrageous judicial pick still requires scrutiny

Expose Edward Chen’s radicalism and squash his nomination
Feb 2, 2010

Tomorrow the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on five of President Obama’s controversial court-and-justice nominees. Among them is federal district court nominee Edward Chen of Northern California, whose radical agenda has not been fully exposed and requires further public hearings rather than a vote.

If the Senate reveals Mr. Chen’s long record of ill-advised statements and legal positions so that the general public can listen, plenty of Democratic senators will have to reconsider voting for such an extreme nominee.