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I don't think they particularly care... "What are YOU gonna do about it, pissant prole? WE got the robes and gavels, and the eunuchs at the top don't have the balls to take any more gun cases and overturn us..."I personally believe that the partisan activists of the 9th Circus really doesn't care if their bias shows, it only matters that their political agenda is upheld. The en banc is usually used only as a last resort to ensure that their political objective is met. Because of certain procedural rules, they can't stack the panels with anti's, as they wish. As their history shows, if they get an anti-gun ruling from one of the 3 judge panels (such as Northwest School of Safety v. Ferguson), it stops there with no more actions taken, but on those occasions when (because of said pesky rules) they get a pro-gun ruling (usually 2 to 1), that's when they turn to the en banc to secure "the proper" ruling.
If those partisan activists of the 9th Circus really believe that their SOP makes them look unbiased in the public eye, then they are the truly fools, as the only ones they are fooling is themselves.
Ray