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The 9th is by far the largest circuit, so its rates of being successfully appealed and overturned are proportionately greater.

Conventional wisdom says that the 9th gets overturned when its decisions skew too liberal. The Roberts court is far less likely to overturn a decision perceived as skewing "business-friendly". Nothing's more business-friendly than enforcing contracts, right? Personal responsibility and all that.



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