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Government

Mar. 6, 2007

Compromise Could Add Judgeship

WASHINGTON - The overloaded 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finally could get an additional judgeship, thanks to a proposal under debate in the Senate.

By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      WASHINGTON - The overloaded 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finally could get an additional judgeship, thanks to a proposal under debate in the Senate.
      Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., came up with the idea to switch a long-vacant judgeship from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to the 9th Circuit, which has the highest c...

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