Posted on 07/01/2002 1:37:38 PM PDT by pabianice
According to Fox News, the Ninth District Court (yes, the one that ruled the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional) has been, on a yearly basis, overturned between 71% and 100% of the time since 1999.
So, why not get rid of it? If the Supreme Court has to hear all of its cases anyway and then throws most of their decisions out, why not just get rid of the Ninth Circuit Court and simply send its cases directly to the SCOTUS? This would save a lot of money, a lot of time, and a lot of aggravation.
Who do we approach in Congress about getting this done?
It is clearly a silly decision but its importance is exaggerated and means little to the future of the country.
As jae471 said, "The full circut and Supreme Court together overturn 71-100% of the cases that they hear originating from the 9th".
The rest of the decisions pass unmolested, and stand as "law" and "precedent".
"That leaves "public slap downs," when the Supreme Court summarily overturns the lower court's decision without even holding new oral arguments. But since "reversal is almost a badge of honor to some judges in the 9th," according to a former clerk, this tactic holds even less promise. While it widely is assumed that judges don't like to be reversed by a higher body, many court watchers believe this consideration does not exist on the 9th Circuit. "They just don't care about being reversed out there," Horowitz explains. Since the sting of reversal has worn off, "ultimately, they can issue more decisions than the Supreme Court could ever hope to review," he continues."
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And THAT'S what the 9th's crap is all about.
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