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Jerry Nadler: “Proposals to split up the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have been floated since at least 1941. What was a bad idea at…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2017
Proposals to split up the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have been floated since at least 1941. What was a bad idea at the time of Pearl Harbor remains a bad idea today.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler argues against splitting the Ninth Circuit, citing historical context.

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