Findings

Congress finds the following: (1) Article III of the Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power to determine the geographic composition of the circuit courts of the United States. (2) Based on 2020 United States census figures, the total population of the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United States has reached over 67,000,000, while that of the next most populous circuit, the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of the United States, stands just above 37,000,000. (3) The Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United States covers over 40 percent of the landmass of the United States. (4) The Western circuits should be modernized to more accurately reflect population growth and regional nuances.