It's Baaack! (9th Cir. split?)

Law360 has Revived Effort To Break Up 9th Circ. Makes Its Way To Senate

• Idaho Republicans have reintroduced a U.S. Senate bill that looks to split up the Ninth Circuit and create a new Twelfth Circuit, according to an announcement made Monday, roughly nearly seven months after a similar bill was introduced in the House.
• U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch said they've reintroduced the "Judicial Reorganization Act," which they said tackles the "overly encumbered, inconsistent and slow judiciary" plaguing western states. Under the bill, a new Twelfth Circuit Court of Appeals would span Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington while the Ninth Circuit would be responsible for California, Guam and Hawaii.

Crapo, Risch Reintroduce Bill to Split Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals | U.S. Senator Mike Crapo

The 9th Circuit Conference is taking place this week in Monterey. The DJ has this: Supreme Court relies heavily on emergency docket, experts say -- At the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference, legal experts said the high court majority increasingly uses its emergency docket to favor Trump administration actions, leaving critical legal questions unresolved and confusing.

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