“The DC Circuit makes the 9th look conservative.”
Particularly true since Trump ‘flipped’ the 9th Circuit.
Not yet. The "dem" judges still outnumber the reps 16-13, and several of the republican appointed judges are liberal, thanks to the blue-slip rule. Actual balance is more like 17 libs, 2 or 3 "moderates" and 9 or 10 conservatives. We need 2 more to be technically flipped, probably 6 before it is truly flipped.
I know there was a recent opinion piece posted making the claim that the 9th was flipped, but it was "fake news". But we are making progress...