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Litigation

Mar. 10, 2007

Two Justices Back Splitting 9th Circuit

WASHINGTON - Republican lawmakers who support splitting up the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals no longer control Congress, but they secured two symbolically significant votes Thursday - from members of the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Brent Kendall
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      WASHINGTON - Republican lawmakers who support splitting up the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals no longer control Congress, but they secured two symbolically significant votes Thursday - from members of the U.S. Supreme Court.
      Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Clarence Thomas, appearing on Capitol Hill to present the court's annual budget reques...

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