Chiefs of the Ninth

Today's DJ has Ben Feuer's No debate over one transfer of power: A new chief judge ascends the 9th Circuit, a delightful historical review of the Chiefs of the Ninth, and intro to next week's new Chief, Judge Murgia.

The daughter of Mexican immigrants who settled in one of the poorest parts of Kansas, Murguia will become the second federal chief circuit judge of Hispanic descent, and the second female chief judge of the 9th Circuit.