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   Andrea Junker :verified: (strandjunker@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 07:19:11 JST Andrea Junker :verified:

   In 1869 it was decided to have 9 Supreme Court justices at SCOTUS because there were 9 Circuit Courts.

   Now there are 13 Circuit Courts. So what exactly are we waiting for?

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 07:19:10 JST feld

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     @Strandjunker that's not accurate. it required that each circuit court would have a circuit judge who lived in the circuit and they'd have equal power as the Supreme Court justice assigned to that circuit. And then the circuits got abolished and replaced with districts in 1911. It didn't establish a 1:1 relation between the justices and the circuits.
     
     The legislation is very clear about this:
     
     https://www.congress.gov/41/llsb/S.44v6.pdf
     
     But yeah the court should be expanded anyway, ideally with rotating justices hearing cases at random
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     Gatekeeper..Harris Walz (gatekeepken@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 08:45:48 JST Gatekeeper..Harris Walz

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     • feld

     @feld @Strandjunker
     We only need a reason .There is no limit on how many there can be.

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