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House votes to break up San Francisco based-9th Circuit appeals court
AP ^ | 10/5/4 | MARK SHERMAN

Posted on 10/05/2004 12:56:59 PM PDT by SmithL

WASHINGTON -- The Republican-led House voted Tuesday to break up the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, an action opponents said was motivated by conservatives' ire over some of the court's rulings.

Nine states are currently covered by the 9th Circuit, but the legislation would leave just California and Hawaii in a revamped lineup.

The proposal splits the seven other states into two new courts: one to handle appeals from Arizona, Idaho, Montana and Nevada; and the other to oversee Alaska, Oregon and Washington.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Alaska; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Hawaii; US: Idaho; US: Montana; US: Nevada; US: Oregon; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 9thcircuit; 9thcircus; courtofappeals; judicialactivism
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It's about time to put some order in this court.
1 posted on 10/05/2004 12:56:59 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL
Sweet.

It's about time that oversized dinosaur was reorganized.

2 posted on 10/05/2004 12:58:14 PM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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To: SmithL

Praise God above for the House's action concerning the 9th Circus.


3 posted on 10/05/2004 12:58:30 PM PDT by conservativecorner
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To: SmithL

I didn't even know this could be done.


4 posted on 10/05/2004 12:58:35 PM PDT by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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To: SmithL

I assume the Senate will smack it down, though.


5 posted on 10/05/2004 12:58:41 PM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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To: SmithL

Poor Hawaii. Not even Arizona, Oregon, and Washington to help stabilize things, even a little. They'll declare independence any day now.


6 posted on 10/05/2004 12:58:42 PM PDT by Ironclad (O Tempora! O Mores!)
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To: wideawake

Joy to the world!


7 posted on 10/05/2004 12:58:49 PM PDT by Howlin (What's the Font Spacing, Kenneth?)
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To: SmithL

GREAT NEWS! It's about friggin' time!!!


8 posted on 10/05/2004 12:59:08 PM PDT by PilloryHillary (KERRY LIES http://www.johnfkerrysucks.com)
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To: Americanwolfsbrother

Ping to breaking up the 9th circus! Can it be real? Please!


9 posted on 10/05/2004 12:59:09 PM PDT by Americanwolf ("Be vwey vwey quite! I am hunting DU Twolls! ---Elwer Fuwd Fwee wepubwic member and cawtoon icon)
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To: SmithL

GREAT news!!


10 posted on 10/05/2004 12:59:24 PM PDT by EggsAckley (..........So many vanities.................so little bandwidth............)
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To: SmithL
Was Nukeing them an option?
11 posted on 10/05/2004 12:59:29 PM PDT by SCALEMAN
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To: SmithL

Any chance it could really happen?


12 posted on 10/05/2004 12:59:44 PM PDT by Dr. Zzyzx
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To: BossLady

You're free!


13 posted on 10/05/2004 12:59:45 PM PDT by vikingchick
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To: SmithL

Yaye! The 9th Circuit is the most overturned in the the country. This will save taxpayers money too.


14 posted on 10/05/2004 1:00:04 PM PDT by Pajamajan (John Kerry- The wrong man at the wrong time. Vote for GW BUSH=THE RIGHT MAN)
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To: SmithL
This is great news, but now watch the so called republicans in the senate...HA!
The senate will pass this bill when Hades freezes over.
15 posted on 10/05/2004 1:00:06 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: TXBubba

Congress has control over the courts, per the Constitution.

Not the other way around, as the courts and lawyers would have you believe.


16 posted on 10/05/2004 1:00:18 PM PDT by Bigh4u2
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To: Ironclad

Hawaii is Califorinia's MINI-ME.....


17 posted on 10/05/2004 1:00:51 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you shoot from the hip enough times, eventually you'll shoot yourself in the a$$......)
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To: SmithL

Oh grate.

How about putting all those other states in the 9th and get a new court for California and Hawaii?

Dang it


18 posted on 10/05/2004 1:00:57 PM PDT by Syncro
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To: SmithL

Okay, on the extremely unlikely chance that this proposal should pass, can't the 9th circuit just overrule it?


19 posted on 10/05/2004 1:01:00 PM PDT by lonevoice (Vast Right Wing Pajama Party)
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To: wideawake

Nope. It'll never get past the Senate. All one has to do is look at Hatch, who will say his **GOOD FRIEND SENATOR KENNEDY** disagrees with it.


20 posted on 10/05/2004 1:01:05 PM PDT by TheBigB (I < heart > Sam McPherson!)
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