9th Circuit Court of Appeals watch (judges & composition of CA9, not cases)

[LVSox]

GMTA!

From Jan 31st:

After Thomas's term ends in two years, the Chief Judge (who sits on all en banc panels) will be an Obama appointee through 2042. Murguia, Nguyen, then Owens.

[Paladin]

And there are six active judges who were Clinton or Obama appointees who were born in the 1940s. One or more of them is very likely to be replaced by Trump, esp. if Trump get a second term.

GMTA!

From Jan 31st:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...n_of_the_court

If you look at the current composition of CA9, and look at the active judges (i.e., non-"Senior"), who were born before 1950, if Trump gets a 2nd term and the GOP keeps the Senate during that time Trump could flip CA9 to conservative, replacing 6 more Dem judges with conservatives!

[Jimi Jah]

Pipe dreams about the 9th? It's solidly democrat controlled and will be for at least the next 20+ years.

[LVSox]

I think if we count three Trump nominees already confirmed to the 9th Circus, plus Ms Shelton, plus three more to go, that's 7 conservatives placed on the Circus. While that isn't a majority (I forget how many active judges sit on the Circus), it'll still have a big impact for years.

LOL at the suggestion that Mark Bennett is a conservative. Every Democratic senator voted for his confirmation, and more than half the Republicans voted against him.

[Go Navy]

I think if we count three Trump nominees already confirmed to the 9th Circus, plus Ms Shelton, plus three more to go, that's 7 conservatives placed on the Circus. While that isn't a majority (I forget how many active judges sit on the Circus), it'll still have a big impact for years.

Everyone should also consider that, if Trump gets a second term, it isn't likely that Ginsburg will survive, or stay, another 6 years (2 years to go on his first term, then another 4), and he will then appoint a 3rd conservative to SCOTUS. That, friends, will be very significant.

Ginsburg made a strategic mistake: she should have retired during the Obama Administration, and the second mistake was she bet on Hillary becoming President.

It is crucial, in all this, to hold a Repub majority in the Senate in the 2020 election.

[CCWFacts]

And there are six active judges who were Clinton or Obama appointees who were born in the 1940s. One or more of them is very likely to be replaced by Trump, esp. if Trump get a second term.

[Paladin]

Senate Confirms Bridget Shelton Bade To 9th Circ.
Law360, Washington (March 26, 2019, 7:04 PM EDT) -- The Senate confirmed another of President Donald Trump's choices for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday, approving U.S. Magistrate Judge Bridget Shelton Bade of Arizona with bipartisan support.

From: https://www.law360.com/appellate/art...e-to-9th-circ-

Trump has 3 more nominees for 4 open seats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...ng_nominations

[wireless]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-picked-ninth-circuit-judge-clears-last-hurdle-to-confirmation-with-more-in-the-pipeline

Cloture evoked, final vote coming soon.

[Paladin]

SFChron: "Ninth Circuit recommended for expansion, setting up potential for Trump ...

Frankly, I hope they expand it and then divide it!

Ninth Circuit recommended for expansion, setting up potential for Trump to reshape the court

U.S. judicial leaders are proposing to add five additional judges to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, . The circuit hears appeals from federal courts in California and eight other Western states.

The Ninth Circuit now has 24 judges, 16 appointed by Democratic presidents and eight by Republicans, including three by President Trump, who has called the court hostile and biased for its rulings against him on issues such as immigration, birth control and transgender military service.

said Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond law professor who follows court nominations closely.

More at: https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/art...g-13698160.php

[Paladin]

Even South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said that could be a problem.Democrats have little leverage after eliminating the filibuster for judicial nominees in 2013....

University of Richmond Law Professor Carl Tobias, an expert on judicial selectionpractical reasons make residency such an important issue..

The constitutiontraditionallyThe Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing for California 9th Circuit court nominees Kenneth Lee and Daniel Collins on March 13. The committee has not yet scheduled a hearing for Bress. Neither Graham nor the White House would comment on any further discussions about his nomination.

But Tobias saidright wing activists

More at: https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/a...228086004.html

[wireless]

We still have a long road to go in the 9th Circus....

We have 9 Klinton Judges; 7 Barry Judges; 5 G.W. Bush Judges and 3 Trump Judges, however one is Bennett in Hawaii and is considered an anti....

So that's a current margin of 17-7 with 5 current vacancies to hopefully be filled by Trump, however that still leaves us with the score at just 17-12.

Hopefully the septuagenarian libtard Judges start retiring...

17-12 isn't bad compared to the current 17-7. Not ideal, but a big step in the right direction.

[Noble Cause]

When the progs/liberals/Leftist like, or even just don't oppose, a judge, I get concerned....

More at:
https://biglawbusiness.com/bridget-b...court-judges-1

There could be a clue here:


Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Vetting Room. 12/10/2018

https://vettingroom.org/2018/12/10/judge-bridget-bade/#ftnt11

Political Activity
Bade has a fairly limited political history, having hosted a political
reception for Mike Bailey, a Republican candidate for Maricopa County
Attorney in 2004.[10] Additionally, Bade gave a $250 contribution to
Sen. Jon Kyl, a Republican, in 2006.

Looking up Senator Jon Kyl Voting Record at On The Issues:

http://www.ontheissues.org/Domestic/Jon_Kyl_Gun_Control.htm

Voted YES on allowing firearms in checked baggage on Amtrak trains.
Voted YES on prohibiting foreign & UN aid that restricts US gun ownership.
Voted YES on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers.

Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for
gun violence and 10-year reauthorization of the assault weapons ban
(Please Read the actual description, its somewhat convoluted)

Voted NO on background checks at gun shows.
Voted YES on more penalties for gun & drug violations.
Voted YES on loosening license & background checks at gun shows.

Voted YES on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks.
Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC.
Allow firearms in National Parks.


So overall the Senator appears Pro 2A, and Judge Bridget Bade supported
him with $250 contribution in 2006.... So there's That.


Noble

[Paladin]

When the progs/liberals/Leftist like, or even just don't oppose, a judge, I get concerned....

The Senate has scheduled a vote next week on a procedural motion to end debate on the nomination of Magistrate Judge Bridget Bade to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Bade would be the fourth of Trump’s appointees to the San Francisco-based court, which he’s criticized as being too liberal after rulings against him in highly publicized immigration controversies.

Three others are in the Ninth Circuit pipeline as part of a drive by Trump and the Republican-led Senate to reshape the judiciary with conservatives. Thirty-six of Trump circuit nominees have been confirmed so far, six this year.

<snip>

Despite her clerkship for conservative Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Jones from 1990 to 1991, Bade has drawn far less criticism than Miller and other Trump nominees attacked for being too conservative.

The Alliance for Justice, a progressive organization that has opposed many of Trump’s nominees, “strongly” opposed Miller in its background report but said only that Bade’s record should be carefully examined.

Five Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, including Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein of California, voted to approve her nomination. None voted in favor of Miller.

Bade received the highest possible rating of “Well Qualified” from the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.

More at:

https://biglawbusiness.com/bridget-bade-up-next-in-trump-wave-of-appeals-court-judges-1

[CenterX]

More at: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-...314-story.html

Finally! H ya. Love this turn of events.

[Ishooter]

Good news!