[Darlin']

occ, as I undertand it, the 9th Circuit Court currently has only 24 active judges rather than the normal 28. They're 4 short thanks to the democrats in the Senate holding up the President's judicial nominees. Therefore, senior or inactive judges have to pick up some of the case load. Such was the case with Judge Goodwin. He is a Senior Judge. You were right, 14 of the active 24 judges were appointed by Clinton. Of the remaining 10, three were appointed by Carter, three by Reagan and 4 by Bush 41. Three quarters of the active judges on that were appointed under democrat administrations.

[operation clinton cleanup]

7 judges appointed in the 80's, 14 in the 90's... talk about good retirement planning on the judges part!