That’s the title of my new Confirmation Tales post, which begins:

During Bill Clinton’s presidency, Republican senator Charles Grassley determined that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was underworked and did not need the 12th seat that Congress had awarded it in 1984. Grassley’s ultimately successful drive to abolish that 12th seat provides the backdrop for George W. Bush’s nominations to the D.C. Circuit.

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