This inequitable division of resources would leave residents of California and Hawaii facing greater delays and with court services inferior to their Twelfth Circuit neighbors. The uniformity of law in the West is a key advantage of the Ninth Circuit. offering consistency to States that share many common concerns. The size of the Ninth Circuit is an asset. offering a unified legal approach to issues from immigration to the environment. Dividing the circuit would make solving these problems even more difficult. For example. splitting the circuit could result in different interpretations in California and Arizona of laws that govern immigration. different applications of environmental regulations on the California and Nevada sides of Lake Tahoe. and different intellectual property law in Silicon Valley and the Seattle technology corridor. These differences would have real economic costs. These are border States. and trade and commerce in the Pacific is a huge part of what they do.
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