Government,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sep. 14, 2018
House Republicans propose 9th Circuit restructure instead of full split
The proposal is modeled after a 1998 recommendation by the White Commission to restructure the court into three semi-autonomous geographic divisions. Democrats are opposed.
Congressional Republicans have dusted off a 20-year-old recommendation to geographically restructure the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. It is the latest attempt in a decades-long effort to break up the court.
On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee reported favorably 16-5 a bill authored by U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, to carve the circuit court into three semi-autonomous geographical divisions, while keeping it somewhat i...
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