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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,220 posts) Tue Sep 22, 2020, 12:53 PM Sep 2020

The average number of judges on the 13 US Circuit Courts of Appeal is 13.8.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_courts_of_appeals

Take away the outliers (1st Circuit has 6, 9th Circuit has 29) and the average is still 13.1 judges per Circuit.

Any wisdom in having a US Supreme Court that has fewer justices than the Circuits do on average?

Even without full en banc review, an appeal at the Circuit level gets two more judges than it does at the trial level. Doesn't make sense for it to decrease at the next level.

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The average number of judges on the 13 US Circuit Courts of Appeal is 13.8. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2020 OP

Very good point. Come 1/20/21 we need to make it very clear to our dem leadership that we will Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #1

How does the number of cases heard compare? n/t sl8 Sep 2020 #2

Thekaspervote

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1. Very good point. Come 1/20/21 we need to make it very clear to our dem leadership that we will

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Tue Sep 22, 2020, 01:00 PM

Sep 2020

Under no circumstances live under the oppressive regime that a 6-3 conservative court will bring..PERIOD

sl8

(13,949 posts)

2. How does the number of cases heard compare? n/t

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Tue Sep 22, 2020, 01:10 PM

Sep 2020

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