Idaho’s U.S. senators bring back bill to split Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Idaho’s U.S. senators bring back bill to split Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Originally published June 21 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.U.S. senators for Idaho Mike Crapo and Jim Risch are again proposing a bill to split the existing Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals — a federal court with jurisdiction over much of the West —…

Crapo, Risch Reintroduce Bill to Split Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Idaho U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch have reintroduced the Judicial Reorganization Act, a bill aimed at dividing the current Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to create a new Twelfth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Crapo said the existing Ninth Circuit is overburdened, handling more than 11,000 cases annually from nine Western states and two U.S. territories. He argued that the court’s backlog and inefficiency delay t…