Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170427:01:39:00
Does he have the authority? >> not by himself. congress can and congress has. in 1981, congress split the old fifth circuit into the new fifth and 11th circuit. there have been proposals by conservatives to break up the ninth circuit as president trump suggested today. it can only be done by congress, not the president alone. >> why have republicans wanted to break up the 9th circuit? because it's generally considered a liberal court? >> exactly. it's also the biggest circuit in terms of numbers. it's somewhat unwieldy. because so many judges have come out of california, the biggest state in t...