GOP Hopes to Finally Break Up 'Liberal' 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

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GOP Hopes to Finally Break Up 'Liberal' 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

By Eric Mack | Sunday, 22 Jan 2017 09:59 AM

 

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., aims to break up the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which has been "oversized and overworked" and tended to be one of the most liberal courts in the U.S., The Hill reported Sunday.

 

"With regard to the court, it's just access to justice," Flake told The Hill. "Its docket is more than twice as big as the next biggest circuit. This has been a long time coming, and hopefully we can make some progress finally."

 

Flake is preparing a legislative bill to ease the burden of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers California, Arizona, Alaska, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Washington, Hawaii, as well as Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

 

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February 11, 2017

Reining in the 9th Circuit

By Charles F. Volz Jr.

 

As you have no doubt heard a dozen times by now, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is the most overturned appellate court in the federal system. It was not surprising that they sustained the lower court in the Trump immigration kerfuffle. What is surprising is that the Trump administration is now expected (by some quarters) to address the problem of legislation from the bench. I suspect there is enough on the president's agenda that he need not get involved with this. He need not get involved because it is an easy fix. All that is needed is for Congress to exercise its constitutional power.

 

Article III of the United States Constitution establishes the judicial power of the United States "in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." Only the Supreme Court is a created by the Constitution The entire federal court system, and by extension the Circuit Courts of Appeal, is created by Congress; therefore, tomorrow, let's say, Congress can abolish the entire federal court system.

Is the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals out of control? Clearly. Does the Congress have the power to deal with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals? Clearly.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/02/reining_in_the_9th_circuit.html