[alwaysconservative]

Bump and thanks for posting! The 9th Circuit is already a joke, since no other circuit will follow its decisions, and the Supreme Court usually doesn't blink in overturning its silliness. They should keep the 9th in the slice of coastal California, (after all, they've earned the reputation, so they should keep it) but shear off the remainder of the state and the other states for a 12th.

[dufekin]

My "plan" to realign the circuits. Each gets about 50 electoral votes. We move the New York circuit to Dallas to better reflect the demographic shift of the country. Each court gets approximately the same number of judges. All presently serving judges, of course, get to keep their jobs. (Note the enlargement of the Boston circuit to full-circuit size by adding Vermont and New Jersey [which, I realize, is disjoined from the rest of the circuit].)

FIRST CIRCUIT—BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (49)
Maine (4)
New Hampshire (4)
Vermont (3)
Massachusetts (12)
Rhode Island (4)
Connecticut (7)
New Jersey (15)
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean

THIRD CIRCUIT—PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (52)
Pennsylvania (21)
New York (31)

FOURTH CIRCUIT—RICHMOND, VIRGINIA (49)
Virginia (13)
North Carolina (15)
Maryland (10)
South Carolina (8)
Delaware (3)

ELEVENTH CIRCUIT—ATLANTA, GEORGIA (42)
Georgia (15)
Florida (27)

FIFTH CIRCUIT—NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA (41+~5)
Louisiana (9)
Arkansas (6)
Mississippi (6)
Alabama (9)
Tennessee (11)
Puerto Rico
Gulf of Mexico
Virgin Islands

SIXTH CIRCUIT—CINCINNATI, OHIO (50)
Ohio (20)
Michigan (17)
Kentucky (8)
West Virginia (5)

SEVENTH CIRCUIT—CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (52)
Illinois (21)
Wisconsin (10)
Minnesota (10)
Indiana (11)
Great Lakes
Arctic Ocean

EIGHTH CIRCUIT—SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI (48)
Missouri (11)
Iowa (7)
Oklahoma (7)
Kansas (6)
Nebraska (5)
South Dakota (3)
North Dakota (3)
Wyoming (3)
Montana (3)

SECOND CIRCUIT—DALLAS, TEXAS (49)—
Relocated from NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Texas (34)
Arizona (10)
New Mexico (5)

TENTH CIRCUIT—DENVER, COLORADO (48)
Colorado (9)
Washington (11)
Oregon (7)
Idaho (4)
Alaska (3)
Hawaii (4)
Nevada (5)
Utah (5)

NINTH CIRCUIT—SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (55)
California (55)
Pacific Ocean
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands