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The '''Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit''' is the largest [[federal]] appellate court in the [[United States]], having jurisdiction over many Western states stretching from [[Arizona]] in the south to [[Alaska]] and [[Montana]] in the north, and including the massive states of [[California]] and [[Washington]] in between.  It covers nearly one-fifth of the [[American]] population.  Twenty-eight active judges and another 20 part-time senior judges sit on the Ninth Circuit, by far the largest number of any federal circuit.

The '''Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit''' is the largest and most [[liberal]] [[federal]] appellate court in the [[United States]], having jurisdiction over many Western states stretching from [[Arizona]] in the south to [[Alaska]] and [[Montana]] in the north, and including the massive states of [[California]] and [[Washington]] in between.  It covers nearly one-fifth of the [[American]] population.  Twenty-eight active judges and another 20 part-time senior judges sit on the Ninth Circuit, by far the largest number of any federal circuit.

The Ninth Circuit is overruled by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] far more than any other circuit, and far beyond proportion even given its larger size:<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-fitzpatrick11jul11,0,6648289.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions ''Disorder in the Court''], LA Times, 11 July 2007.  Accessed 29 Nov 2007.</ref>

The Ninth Circuit is overruled by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] far more than any other circuit, and far beyond proportion even given its larger size:<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-fitzpatrick11jul11,0,6648289.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions ''Disorder in the Court''], LA Times, 11 July 2007.  Accessed 29 Nov 2007.</ref>