President Trump reacts to a question about the 9th Circuit at the U.S. Department of the Interior on April 26. For decades, the 9th Circuit has been a whipping boy for conservatives, who say it suffers from an incorrigible left-wing bias that clouds its decisions. Circuit Court of Appeals,” conservative commentator Mark Q. Rhoads, a former Illinois legislator, once wrote of the court. Conservatives say Carter’s legacy is alive and well on the 9th Circuit. The 9th Circuit’s reversal rate was, in fact, 80 percent during the 2015-2016 term, as The Washington Post has reported.

Source: Washington Post April 27, 2017 10:08 UTC