White House nominations to 9th Circuit set off firestorm

(CNN) - While President Donald Trump has had unprecedented success in reshaping the judiciary by placing two justices on the Supreme Court and a record breaking 29 judges on federal appeals courts, he believes he has been stymied by what he considers the liberal bent of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals. It's a powerful court headquartered in San Francisco that has jurisdiction over nine West Coast states and two territories.

Now the President is taking the gloves off, hoping to eventually flip that court.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/13/politics/white-house-ninth-circuit-judges/index.html