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In the U.S. Supreme Court term that ended Thursday, the 9th Circuit was reversed in eight of the 10 cases reviewed, about par for the course for the nation's largest, and most closely scrutinized, circuit. The Court reversed not only their favorite targets like Judges Stephen Reinhardt and Betty Fletcher, but also Judge Pamela Rymer -- a well-regarded conservative talked about as a potential Republican nominee to the Supreme Court -- who paid the price for hewing closely to precedent.