Redraws federal court maps for Western states, changing legal rules for millions.
This bill would change the boundaries of three major federal appeals courts, mainly in the Western U.S. Millions of people in states like Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming would find their legal cases heard by different courts and judged by different past decisions. The bill would also adjust the number of judges and court locations for these circuits.
Currently, the Ninth Circuit covers a vast area including Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and other Western states, serving over 67 million people. This bill would significantly shrink the Ninth Circuit, moving Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming to the Eighth and Tenth Circuits. This means millions of Americans would have their federal appeals cases handled by a different court and follow different past legal decisions than they do today.
S 5347 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
Sign in to see your representatives' phone numbers