To: The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Donald Trump
Republicans seek to impose their conservative agenda on the Appellate Court
Stop a possible breakup of the (9th Circuit Court.) Republicans want to split that district to create a new conservative Court district they have more control over.
Why is this important?
Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake has introduced another bill to split up the 9th Circuit Court, which Republicans feel is too liberal. This has long been a goal of the Republican Party & although they have introduced similar bills in the past, Washington has had little interest in the issue. However, due to the Republican dominance in Washington now, it is being introduced yet again.
Their spin is that by splitting the current district into two, an additional U.S. Circuit court could be created— composed of Arizona, Nevada, Montana, Idaho and Alaska — to relieve what they say is an “oversized and overworked” 9th U.S. Circuit. However, per Barbara Atwood, a law professor at the University of Arizona, "The caseload per judge I'm not sure is higher than other districts. Usually the people who are advocates of (dividing the circuit) are really focused on THE NATURE OF THE DECISION-MAKING at the 9th Circuit."
Arizona's Republican-controlled Legislature has long been frustrated by being kept in check by this court. This is the court that banned Arizona’s SB 1070 which created racial profiling, & its ballot harvesting law, which limited the number of ballots that could be collected and submitted to election officials. It is also the court the stopped Trump’s recent Muslim Ban.
Regardless of what they say, what they want is to carve the above states out of a Circuit Court district they feel is too liberal, & put them in a new conservative district they will have more influence over. We cannot let this happen.
Frankly, the 9th Circuit is the only thing that protects Arizonans from our state and federal governments, both of which continually try to impose extreme conservative beliefs on all of us.
Their spin is that by splitting the current district into two, an additional U.S. Circuit court could be created— composed of Arizona, Nevada, Montana, Idaho and Alaska — to relieve what they say is an “oversized and overworked” 9th U.S. Circuit. However, per Barbara Atwood, a law professor at the University of Arizona, "The caseload per judge I'm not sure is higher than other districts. Usually the people who are advocates of (dividing the circuit) are really focused on THE NATURE OF THE DECISION-MAKING at the 9th Circuit."
Arizona's Republican-controlled Legislature has long been frustrated by being kept in check by this court. This is the court that banned Arizona’s SB 1070 which created racial profiling, & its ballot harvesting law, which limited the number of ballots that could be collected and submitted to election officials. It is also the court the stopped Trump’s recent Muslim Ban.
Regardless of what they say, what they want is to carve the above states out of a Circuit Court district they feel is too liberal, & put them in a new conservative district they will have more influence over. We cannot let this happen.
Frankly, the 9th Circuit is the only thing that protects Arizonans from our state and federal governments, both of which continually try to impose extreme conservative beliefs on all of us.