[kabar]

I would assume that the creation of an additional district or two would give Trump an opportunity to appoint more judges and it would diminish the power of the 9th..

[chiller]

That's why I like my idea of re-assigning judges to different districts/locales. For instance, one of the 3 (Canby, iirc) is near 80 yrs old and likely would retire if re-assigned from Phoenix to Sacramento or Boise, etc....

Similiarly, Robarts in Seattle might think about retiring if he was forced to work a Phoenix court. Less mess, less squealing than impeachment proceedings would surely generate.

The extra judges , as you say, will garner support from local kingmaker senators to get the ball rolling with dismantling of the existing 9th Circus Court of Appeals.