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"Election reshapes legal landscape; Obama could remake circuits"

"Election reshapes legal landscape; Obama could remake circuits": In this week's issue of The National Law Journal, Pamela A. MacLean has an article that begins, "As president, Barack Obama will have the opportunity to reshape the federal circuit courts of appeals through appointments to courts now dominated by conservative Republican appointees. By the end of a four-year term, the Obama administration could expect to turn as many as eight of the nation's 13 federal circuits from either slightly to solidly Democrat-appointed majorities. Currently, only the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which will have 29 judgeships, has a majority of Democrat-appointed judges."

Today in The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Frank Green reports that "4th Circuit Court could be reshaped; Obama's picks could swing the court to one with a majority named by Democratic presidents."

And The Maryland Daily Record contains an article headlined "What's ahead for the 4th Circuit in an Obama presidency?"

Full post as published by How Appealing on November 10, 2008 (boomark / email).