The three-way split proposed last year and reintroduced this year in the House would lump together California, Hawaii, Guam and the Mariana Islands; Alaska, Oregon and Washington; and Nevada, Arizona, Idaho and Montana.
A split would not directly affect the jurisprudence of the 9th Circuit. But it might speed the day that Republican appointees become the majority in the new, smaller circuits. Also, any circuit (or circuits) created that excluded California could be more conservative.
Representatives of some other states are eager to distance themselves from California, whose issues are different, they said.
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