Posted on 12/19/2007 12:12:33 PM PST by Baladas
The U.S. Senate has approved adding another judge to the nation’s busiest appellate court, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco.
Judges on the court have the highest caseload in the nation, says U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., one of the sponsors of the legislation. The measure transfers a judgeship from the District of Columbia Circuit to the Ninth Circuit.
“California needs more judges. The Senate has recognized that it makes sense to take a judgeship from where it is needed least, and put it in California where it is needed most,” says Ms. Feinstein.
According to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, there were 107 appeals filed per judge in the D.C. Circuit in 2006, and 523 filings per judge in the Ninth Circuit. Those numbers break down to approximately five times more filings per judge in the Ninth Circuit than in the D.C. Circuit, says the senator’s office.
California is hit hardest by the caseload of the court. In 2005, 10,000 federal appeals, or 70 percent of the circuit’s total docket, were filed in California. Yet only 50 percent of the Ninth Circuit’s judgeships – 14 out of 28 judges – are assigned to California.
9th Circus needs to be split into two or three circuits, but the liberals are afraid of what will happen if this becomes reality.
They have the most traffic because it is the most liberal.
Yep. It has the most traffic due to jurisdiction shopping.
It has so much traffic because the judges there don't do their jobs.
It needs to be split up, and the worst offenders need to be impeached.
The 9th Circus does not DESERVE any more help - they would just make mistakes FASTER, anyway.
splitting it up would be better
Too many judges spoil the Constitution.
This makes me wonder why GW never replaced many of the judges, Of course, the Clintons replaced all.
THIS is why elections matter. If we still had the senate adding another leftist lunatic to the ninth circus would not happen. As I said, elections matter. They are NOT “all the same.”
JRB returns home?
It doesn't make their decisions any better, but facts are facts.
The President can’t “replace judges.” Read Article III of the Constitution. You must be thinking of Clinton replacing all the US Attorneys.
And if the Democrats win the White House watch for a bill splitting the 9th Circuit and creating a 12th Circuit court with all those brand new life-time judicial appointments to appear in 2009.
They are the most liberal, but they have the most cases because the population of the states covered by the 9th Circuit is far, far greater than the population of any other circuit.
That’s right. Thanks
What would happen? States like Idaho would not be bound by their decisions any longer, but would people pay more attention??
No, they're waiting for the 2008 election. If a Democrat wins the White House you'll see the 9th Circuit split up within a year or two. A Democrat president and a Democrat senate and all those life-time judicial appointments? How could they resist. On the other hand, if the GOP keeps the White House they'll block any attempt to create a new district.
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