Leg. for Add'l Fed Judges, Realignment of 9th Court of Appeals

[texpatriot2004]

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=55372

Sensenbrenner Introduces Legislation Providing for Additional Federal Judgeships, Realignment of Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.) today introduced legislation providing for additional federal judgeships and realigning the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals into 2 separate circuits. H.R. 4093, the "Federal Judgeship and Administrative Efficiency Act of 2005," is co-sponsored by Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), who offered the amendment adopted last year by the House to realign the Ninth Circuit.

Chairman Sensenbrenner stated, "Make no mistake, any effort to administratively restructure the federal judiciary must go beyond adding more judgeships and address the administrative inefficiencies caused by the Ninth Circuit's mammoth size. Realigning the Ninth Circuit has been studied for 30 years -- the time for action is now. The House supports a modernization of the Ninth Circuit. It is no longer a question of if, but when."

"A judiciary that fails in its basic obligation to dispense justice in a timely, fair, and dispassionate manner compromises its own credibility. A court that is too far removed from those whose disputes it is responsible for adjudicating imposes severe costs on those who must appear before it," added Chairman Sensenbrenner. "This legislation speaks to these concerns by providing for the realignment of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the establishment of a new Twelfth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Ninth has become so big -- in geographic size, in workload, in number of active and senior judges - that it can no longer appropriately discharge its civic functions on behalf of the American people."

Rep. Simpson said, "Every few decades, Congress must exercise its Constitutional authority to realign the United States Courts of Appeals into more efficient and manageable circuits that best represent the people within the circuit and provide them with an expeditious judicial process. I want to thank Chairman Sensenbrenner for having the foresight to introduce legislation that will realign the Ninth Circuit in a manner that I believe best represents the people of Idaho and the Western States."

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[HereSince1628]

1. The red states of the Empty Quarter have almost no population

Looking at size is stupid, it's absurd, it's downright Republican

The real idea is to create a very conservative circuit in the west that doesn't have to deal with judges from the coast.

[EST]

2. Everyone actually wants activist judges,

as long as they rule the way we want. When people ask for justice, what they want is mercy for themselves, justice for everyone else. The ninth was just too honest and, well, just. Freepers cannot stand that.