Nullify the nutty ninth

No one who knows the 9th Circuit was surprised when it cancelled a democratic election. It is the long-standing habit of this court to nullify the democratic will of the people.

Now it is time for the people to nullify the 9th Circuit.

Republican Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho has introduced a bill, HR 2723, that would break up the circuit. California, Arizona and Nevada would stay where they are. But all the other states currently in the 9th Circuit would come under a new federal appeals court, the 12th Circuit. This court would be headquartered in Portland and Seattle. Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Larry Craig of Idaho are cosponsoring a bill similar to Simpson's in the Senate.

Breaking up the 9th Circuit won't remove Harry Pregerson from the bench. It won't stop liberal Democratic Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer of California from blocking and preempting conservative nominees to the San Francisco-based court. But it will liberate the rest of the American West from the tyranny of a court that has all too often shown contempt for the Constitution.

President Bush and the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill should work to get Mike Simpson's bill passed in this Congress or better yet, by the end of this year.

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