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By random assignment, occasionally a Dem-appointed majority presides over any particular case. If the case is significant enough, then it subsequently be reheard and decided by the full court ("en banc").
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October 9, 2021
Among senior judges (who do not join en banc sittings unless they were on the panel), this Court has an even stronger 7-2 GOP-Dem majority.
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As of 2021, the Fifth Circuit had a 12-5 GOP-Dem split among active judges, including 6 Trump-appointed judges, thereby making it the most conservative federal appellate court in the Nation.
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