Regardless of how you shake it or bake it, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is a major force for liberal change to our fundamental Constitutional rights. They don't appear to have any indication or reason to waver from this course.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
THE JUDGES OF THIS COURT IN ORDER OF SENIORITY:
| Mary M. Schroeder | MMS | Chief Judge |
| James R. Browning | JRB | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Herbert Y. C. Choy | HYC | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Alfred T. Goodwin | ATG | Senior Circuit Judge |
| J. Clifford Wallace | JCW | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Joseph T. Sneed | JTS | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Procter Hug, Jr. | PRH | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Otto R. Skopil | ORS | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Betty Binns Fletcher | BBF | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Jerome Farris | JF | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Harry Pregerson | HP | Circuit Judge |
| Arthur L. Alarcon | ALA | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Warren J. Ferguson | WJF | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Dorothy W. Nelson | DWN | Senior Circuit Judge |
| William C. Canby, Jr. | WCC | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Robert Boochever | RB | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Stephen Reinhardt | SR | Circuit Judge |
| Robert R. Beezer | RRB | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Cynthia Holcomb Hall | CHH | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Melvin Brunetti | MB | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Alex Kozinski | AK | Circuit Judge |
| John T. Noonan, Jr. | JTN | Senior Circuit Judge |
| David R. Thompson | DRT | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain | DFO | Circuit Judge |
| Edward Leavy | EL | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Stephen Trott | SST | Circuit Judge |
| Ferdinand F. Fernandez | FFF | Senior Circuit Judge |
| Pamela Ann Rymer | PAR | Circuit Judge |
| Thomas G. Nelson | TGN | Circuit Judge |
| Andrew J. Kleinfeld | AJK | Circuit Judge |
| Michael Daly Hawkins | MDH | Circuit Judge |
| A. Wallace Tashima | AWT | Circuit Judge |
| Sidney R. Thomas | SRT | Circuit Judge |
| Barry G. Silverman | BGS | Circuit Judge |
| Susan P. Graber | SPG | Circuit Judge |
| M. Margaret McKeown | MMM | Circuit Judge |
| Kim McLane Wardlaw | KMW | Circuit Judge |
| William A. Fletcher | WAF | Circuit Judge |
| Raymond C. Fisher | RCF | Circuit Judge |
| Ronald M. Gould | RMG | Circuit Judge |
| Richard A. Paez | RAP | Circuit Judge |
| Marsha S. Berzon | MSB | Circuit Judge |
| Richard C. Tallman | RCT | Circuit Judge |
| Johnnie B. Rawlinson | JBR | Circuit Judge |
| Richard R. Clifton | RRC | Circuit Judge |
| Jay S. Bybee | JSB | Circuit Judge |
But it's not the 9th circuit that will make the next move, it's out of their hands now, rather it will be the Supreme Court of the United States. Four of the Justices thereof can decide to hear the case.