How would this work, gentlemen ?
1) Split the 9th into 2 or 3 districts,
2) assign existing judges to the most inconvenient district, forcing them all to move or commute.
We should get more than a few resignations out of that move....without adding judges, or contentious impeachments.
Yes, and meanwhile, the Senate Republicans, lead by head RINO John McCain--of all people--are crafting a bill to actually do this--to break up the 9th.
This is actually long overdue!
If you look at this map of the geographical boundaries of the US Courts, you'll see the 9th is huge.
It was created when a lot FEWER Americans lived in the West, so making two, maybe even three courts of this territory makes sense.
AND, we'd have the benefit of breaking up a high level court that's out of step with the others in their constant liberalism. AND Trump would get to appoint a whole bunch of judges--especially conservative judges.
And there's even something in it for McCain. Of course there has to, why else would he do this?
What that would be is a shiny new US Court of Appeals headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, with perhaps Trump allowing McCain to appoint some close friends to this bench. Just be CAREFUL Donald... McCain friends need extreme vetting!
Any action like this will have the desired affect of smacking the federal judges back to doing their nice cushy job (actually I would hate to be a judge if I actually did judging and not policy making). Congress has the authority they are the check against the judiciary I believe. Pass a law that gets rid of the ninth. President signs it they change the locks. If the Supremes say anything (they won't) ignore them and at the next appoint pick somebody even more conservative.
Bring new meaning in the senate to the term nuclear option