Posted on 09/25/2019 6:26:35 PM PDT by cotton1706
Danielle Hunsaker, a former clerk for Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, got a step closer Wednesday to filling the seat left open on the court when O’Scannlain took senior status in 2016.
Hunsaker said in her prepared remarks before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that being confirmed as O’Scannlain’s successor would be “a highlight for me in my life,” although she said “the prospect of filling his shoes is daunting.” Hunsaker, whose father worked in Oregon’s timber and construction industry, and whose mother homeschooled her, answered largely friendly questions about her textualist approach to statutory interpretation from Republican Senators on the committee.
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Good. I hope she gets confirmed ASAP.
Look how ‘easily’ President Trump avoided having to split up the Ninth Circuit in order to get more Constitutional decisions.
Not that it shouldn’t be broken up, but he has done this in less than 3 years, one tenth the time it will take to break it up.
There are two proposals on the books to adress the circuit courts
https://republicans-judiciary.house.gov/press-release/house-judiciary-committee-approves-legislation-to-improve-federal-court-system/
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Home Daily News House committee advances sweeping judicial… Legislation & Lobbying House committee advances sweeping judicial reform bills as ABA president urges caution By Debra Cassens Weiss September 13, 2018, 6:50 pm CDT Print. gavel Image from Shutterstock. ABA President Bob Carlson is expressing concern about four federal court bills being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives that would “profoundly affect litigants who seek redress.” The House Judiciary Committee approved three of the bills on Thursday, according to press releases here, here and here. Those bills can now advance to a vote before the House of Representatives. One would restructure the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; another would ban nationwide injunctions in cases that are not class actions; and a third would make a variety of judiciary reforms. Carlson had urged delay on all of three bills, except for a provision to create more judgeships, in a letter sent to leaders of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Carlson wrote that the bills were only recently introduced and they deserve thorough review before they are acted on. The three bills that passed through the committee were H.R. 6755, H.R. 6754 and H.R. 6730. H.R. 6755, known as the Judiciary ROOM Act, “covers a remarkable range of subjects,” Carlson said in the letter. The judicial reform bill, introduced by U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., would: • Add 52 new permanent district court judgeships and convert eight of the 10 existing temporary district court judgeships to permanent status. According to Fix the Court, Democrats on the committee objected to immediate creation of the judgeships. The bill was amended to delay the new judgeships until Jan. 22, 2021, and that provision was in the bill approved by the committee. • Require the Judicial Conference to issue a code of conduct for all federal judges, including Supreme Court justices. • Require physical exams for federal judges and Supreme Court justices, with increasing frequency as they get older. Physicals would be required every five years for judges and justices age 70 and younger, every two years for those who are older than 70 and younger than 81, and every year those who are 81 and older. Physicians who identify a condition that may impact the ability of the judge or justice to carry out his or her duties must submit their findings to the appropriate chief judge or chief justice.≤p≥
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