Obama Nominates Justice Andrew Hurwitz to Serve on the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

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Justice Andrew David Hurwitz, Arizona Supreme Court (Appointed by Governor Janet Napolitano)
Nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
65 Years Old (not a spring chicken)

Former Chief of Staff to Former Arizona Governor (D) Rose Mofford

Former Chief of Staff to Former Arizona Governor (D) and former US Secretary of the Interior under Clinton Bruce Babbitt

Former Clerk for US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart

“Justice Hurwitz has proven himself to be not only a first-rate legal mind but a faithful public servant. It is with full confidence in his ability, integrity, and independence that I nominate him to the bench of the United States Court of Appeals.” President Obama
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/02/president-obama-nominates-justice-andrew-david-hurwitz-serve-united-stat

Although Conservative blogs state that he is "Extremely liberal" that is likely at least an oversimplification if not a decent exaggeration.
http://azjudgesreview.blogspot.com/2008/09/az-supreme-court-justices.html