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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.  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.

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.  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.

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").

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]]").

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/ Official website]

*[http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/ Official website]