House votes to break up Ninth Circuit
Wow, where did House 'Pubbies get this much Viagra?
"The Republican-led House voted Tuesday to break up the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, an action opponents said was motivated by conservatives' ire over some of the court's rulings.
"Nine states are covered by the 9th Circuit, but the legislation would leave just California and Hawaii in a revamped lineup. The proposal splits the seven other states into two new courts: one to handle appeals from Arizona, Idaho, Montana and Nevada; and the other to oversee Alaska, Oregon and Washington.
"Supporters said the new lineup reflects the need to address the region's bulging caseload and rapid population growth. They said the vote was not an expression of displeasure with the court's rulings, including the 2002 opinion that declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional when recited in public schools.
"'The need to split the 9th Circuit is undeniable. It has grown so rapidly that we will have to split this court,' said Represenative Mike Simpson, R-ID."
The GOP has the luxury of being right about that reason, which enables them to neatly sidestep how right they are about the other reason as well. And while it goes without saying that the bill will never get out of the Senate alive, that only speaks to the need to further Republicanize and conservatize the upper chamber to bring it into step with the lower. Something Representative Howard Berman, D-CA, unwittingly acknowledged when he called the bill "providing campaign-season cannon fodder" to the GOP political base rather than passing a bill that would relieve overburdened federal courts - the latter about which Democrats don't give a damn as long as the judges that are left are maximally left-wing and faithless to the Constitution.
Berman is just sore that Republicans have finally gotten the hang of using majority status to their own political advantage. Splitting the notorious Ninth after ramming through a tax cut extension and humiliating the Dems on their demogogic draft hoax makes for a very nifty trifecta at just the right time.
Nicely done, gentles.
"The Republican-led House voted Tuesday to break up the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, an action opponents said was motivated by conservatives' ire over some of the court's rulings.
"Nine states are covered by the 9th Circuit, but the legislation would leave just California and Hawaii in a revamped lineup. The proposal splits the seven other states into two new courts: one to handle appeals from Arizona, Idaho, Montana and Nevada; and the other to oversee Alaska, Oregon and Washington.
"Supporters said the new lineup reflects the need to address the region's bulging caseload and rapid population growth. They said the vote was not an expression of displeasure with the court's rulings, including the 2002 opinion that declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional when recited in public schools.
"'The need to split the 9th Circuit is undeniable. It has grown so rapidly that we will have to split this court,' said Represenative Mike Simpson, R-ID."
The GOP has the luxury of being right about that reason, which enables them to neatly sidestep how right they are about the other reason as well. And while it goes without saying that the bill will never get out of the Senate alive, that only speaks to the need to further Republicanize and conservatize the upper chamber to bring it into step with the lower. Something Representative Howard Berman, D-CA, unwittingly acknowledged when he called the bill "providing campaign-season cannon fodder" to the GOP political base rather than passing a bill that would relieve overburdened federal courts - the latter about which Democrats don't give a damn as long as the judges that are left are maximally left-wing and faithless to the Constitution.
Berman is just sore that Republicans have finally gotten the hang of using majority status to their own political advantage. Splitting the notorious Ninth after ramming through a tax cut extension and humiliating the Dems on their demogogic draft hoax makes for a very nifty trifecta at just the right time.
Nicely done, gentles.
posted by JASmius at 11:57 PM
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