[woodruffw]

No, you couldn't. The Ninth Circuit isn't nearly as politically lopsided[1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals...

[bayareabadboy]

A judge being nominated by a Republican isn't exactly a great indicator of the political philosophy of a justice.

Quite liberal justices of the Supreme Court were nominated by Republicans (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/john-paul-stevens-an...). To be fair, prolly still too soon to tell with Trump.

Also: https://www.google.com/search?q=site+nationalreview.com+9th+...