Jack Davis – Breaking up isn’t all that hard to do, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Thursday — particularly when the breakup involves the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The 9th Circuit covers Arizona, California, Alaska, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Washington and Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Of its 25 judges, 18 were appointed by Democratic presidents.

The court has been in the headlines often in the early days of the Trump administration because its judges have blocked Trump’s executive orders on travel and immigration. His order to force sanctuary cities to cooperate with federal officials on immigration matters was rejected by a California-based district court judge, but any appeal goes to the 9th Circuit.

Cruz said breaking up the configuration of the 9th Circuit was “certainly a possibility.”

“The 9th Circuit is the largest federal court of appeals,” he said on The Jack Riccardi Show. Continue reading →