T. Gorton said "there can be no serious argument posed to Members in body that it is not appropriate, maybe beyond appropriate, for all practical purposes necessary, for the proper administration of justice that the U.S. Court of Appeals--almost twice as large as the next largest court of appeals and almost three times as large in population and in caseload as the average circuit--should not be divided. Twenty-three years ago, a commission, the Hruska Commission, said the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was too large and should be divided; that no circuit court of appeals should have more than 15 judges. The reasons, of course, is collegiality, the prompt and effective administration of justice. Any other argument is simply a matter of delay, simply a matter of a maintenance of the status quo. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals should be divided." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 24, 1997

there can be no serious argument posed to Members in body that it is not appropriate, maybe beyond appropriate, for all practical purposes necessary, for the proper administration of justice that the U.S. Court of Appeals--almost twice as large as the next largest court of appeals and almost three times as large in population and in caseload as the average circuit--should not be divided. Twenty-three years ago, a commission, the Hruska Commission, said the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was too large and should be divided; that no circuit court of appeals should have more than 15 judges. The reasons, of course, is collegiality, the prompt and effective administration of justice. Any other argument is simply a matter of delay, simply a matter of a maintenance of the status quo. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals should be divided.

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T. Gorton

Republican · Washington

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need to divide the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for better administration of justice.

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