Judges warn lawmakers against splitting 9th Circuit

[livingston]

Judges warn lawmakers against splitting 9th Circuit
Three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit warned a House Judiciary subcommittee Thursday that their jurisdiction should not be split in two.

"Circuit division would have a devastating effect on the administration of justice in the western United States," Chief Circuit Judge Sidney Thomas said in prepared remarks to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet. He said a split would "increase delay, reduce access to justice and waste taxpayer dollars."

There have been attempts in both the House and Senate to split the 9th Circuit and create a new 12th Circuit.

A bill introduced in January by Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., would carve out Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Idaho, Alaska and Montana for a new "mountain circuit." The 9th Circuit would be left with the three Pacific states, the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.

The left-learning 9th Circuit is currently the largest of thirteen courts of appeals. More than half of its 29 judges have been appointed by Democrats, and it covers nine states, two territories and over 65 million people.
Judges warn lawmakers against splitting 9th Circuit

 

[VietnamEraVet]

We need to split it, and then President Trump needs to appoint a bunch of new, and younger conservative judges to both courts "to deal with the shortage of justices and to handle the backlog of cases".

 

[livingston]

We need to split it, and then President Trump needs to appoint a bunch of new, and younger conservative judges to both courts "to deal with the shortage of justices and to handle the backlog of cases".

This is the main reason why they don't want the split. Think of what could be accomplished if this new court was composed of all conservative judges ....Folks that believe the 2nd is an absolute right.......Liberals would be crapping their pants .

 

[BerettaGuy]

The Judiciary in this country need something "split" and it's sittin on their shoulders.
What the hell good is a SCOUTS ruling when the lower courts ignore the rulings.
We need to put an end to lifetime appointments at age 70, and start impeaching some judges when they ignore the Constitution.

 

[Criticalt]

Id be happy with swift and SEVERE consequences for any state, county, town or city disobeying SCOTUS rulings.
Then stack SCOTUS with justices who do their job, obey the constitution.

 

[Calculon]

"...justice in the Western United States."

WTF - justice applies to all citizens of the US and should not be regionally biased. These judges need to be replaced - it's the Constitution, stupid. Not the Constitution of Western States.

 

[Jmac00]

We need to split it, and then President Trump needs to appoint a bunch of new, and younger conservative judges to both courts "to deal with the shortage of justices and to handle the backlog of cases".

I have read a couple articles that state the backlog would be eased if they split the court. I think we have three judges that see their power being taken away and now they are all butt hurt

screw them, split it up and get rid of the 'old guard' they are completely out of touch with the reality

 

[Uninformed and Compliant]

No need to split. Simply impeach the fucktards for bad behavior. Even the dumbest fucking retard can win that argument.

 

[Koz]

The 9th district is friggin huge. Slice and dice it into a few districts that are guided by the US Constitution and not a progressive agenda.

 

[livingston]

Republicans push to split the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Bills to break up the big Western court have reappeared in Congress.

“That circuit is in chaos and that circuit is frankly in turmoil,” President Donald Trump said at a February press conference. He was referring to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which had just unanimously upheld a lower court’s suspension of his ban on travel from seven Muslim majority countries.


It was the latest in a decades-long line of conservative attacks on what they call the “nutty 9th.” This year, Republicans in Congress have once again introduced bills to split the Western court of appeals. They argue it oversees too many states, takes too long to hear cases and gives liberal California an exorbitant influence over other states in the court's jurisdiction. Lawyers and senators critical of the split see the bills as judicial gerrymandering, and an attempt to shift the 9th’s decisions to the right.

The 9th is the largest appeals court in the country, with jurisdiction over 65.1 million people in nine states. It has a bankruptcy court, smaller district courts and an appeals court, and sees far more cases than the other federal circuit courts. Cases in the 9th’s jurisdiction are first heard in a district court. If either side is unsatisfied with a district judge’s ruling, they can ask to make their case in front of the 9th's Court of Appeals, the last stop before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Republicans push to split the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

 

[prambo]

Most of the judiciary in this country needs to be bitch slapped into a corner. Few have even a passing knowledge of the Constitution, let alone legal precedent.

They just make it up out of thin air.

 

[Celt]

I hope they split it, and impeach those corrupt mfers.

 

[Podmonkey]

Split that fucker up. then dissolve the "Pacific" circuit and fold the west coast into the the new "Mountain" circuit.

 

[prambo]

Split that fucker up. then dissolve the "Pacific" circuit and fold the west coast into the the new "Mountain" circuit.

Shit, fold the Left Coast into the Pacific and be done with it.