The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding hearings on a proposal to split the Ninth Circuit. An excerpt from a 9/21/06 Los Angeles Times article reporting on the hearings:
"The overwhelming majority of the circuit's judges, led by Chief Judge Mary M. Schroeder of Phoenix, signed a letter reiterating their opposition to the breakup. Schroeder, Carlos Bea of San Francisco, Consuelo Callahan of Sacramento and four other 9th Circuit judges — Alex Kozinski, a Reagan appointee from California, Sidney Thomas, a Clinton appointee from Montana, Johnnie Rawlinson, a Clinton appointee from Nevada, and Richard Clifton, a George W. Bush appointee from Hawaii — attended the hearing to express their opposition.
"More than 60 federal trial judges, including liberal Lawrence Karlton of Sacramento and conservative Sam Conti of San Francisco, also said they oppose a split."
Judge Schroder was appointed by President Carter; Judges Bea and Callahan were appointed by President George W. Bush.
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