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Posted on 04/24/2018 8:41:34 AM PDT by jazusamo
The most liberal appeals court in America could soon be getting a Republican makeover if President Trump and Senate GOP leaders are able to fill seven open seats with conservative picks.
Standing in their way is a wall of Democrats hellbent on protecting the long-standing leftward lean of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The stakes are sky high because of the size, caseload and clout of the court. If Trump is successful in getting young, ideologically conservative nominees through the confirmation process, he could significantly alter the court’s DNA for decades to come.
“Adding seven conservatives to the court would very much affect its ideological balance,” Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, told Fox News. “It would push the court much further to the right.”
If Trump wants to take advantage of this opportunity, he'll have to act soon. So far, he's only made two nominations.
Based in San Francisco, the 9th Circuit covers nine western states, has 29 active judgeships and seven vacancies, with an eighth coming in August. Its current political split is 16-6.
“The Ninth Circuit is out in left field and has been since a major expansion of the court allowed President Carter – and Senator Alan Cranston (D-Calif.) – to pack its left wing in the late 1970s,” Kent Scheidegger, legal director of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, said.
He told Fox News the court hasn’t been balanced politically ever since.
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9th circus
People need to stop saying “decades to come” and put their guard down.
A future Dem president can always pass a law to expand circuit courts & supreme court and pack the courts with far left judges.
“Standing in their way is a wall of Democrats hellbent on protecting the long-standing leftward lean of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.”
And Bitch McConnell!
9th circle of hell!
SPLIT IT UP!
Recess appointments...mwahahahahaa
Bump!
It’s long overdue.
What’s to keep him from doing it.....he is the one who does the appointing.
I think “could” is a fair qualifier.
He nominates, the senate confirms and the rats obstruct.
Presidents don’t pass laws. Packing courts isn’t as easy as one would think. FDR tried but eventually he was stopped. Truth is we get the government wee deserve!!!
Seems like Trump will have a hard time just getting vacancies filled with Democrats fighting him every step of the way. How come they never have this trouble when they are in power?
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Yes, liberal heads would explode like so much popcorn.
Amen...It’s past time.
Which provides an opportunity for a new 10th in Podunk, Idaho or SLC perhaps....to which all the liberal judges are re-assigned. They quit. 9th neutered.
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