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While it has the smallest geographic Jurisdiction of any of the United States courts of appeals, the D.C. Circuit, with twelve active seats, is nonetheless the most important inferior appellate court. The court is given the responsibility of directly reviewing the decisions and Rulemaking of many federal Agencies , without prior hearing by a district court. Aside from the agencies whose statutes explicitly direct review by the D.C. Circuit, the court typically hears cases from other agencies under the more general jurisdiction granted to the Courts of Appeals under the Administrative Procedures Act . Given the broad areas over which federal agencies have power, this often gives the judges of the D.C. Circuit a central role in affecting national U.S. policy and law. A judgeship on the D.C. Circuit is often thought of as a stepping stone for appointment to the Supreme Court. , who was rejected by the Senate , and current Chief Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg , who withdrew his nomination after it became known that he had used Marijuana as a college student and professor in the 1960's and 1970's. Prior to the 1980's, Chief Justices Fred M. Vinson and Warren Burger , as well as Associate Justice Wiley Blount Rutledge , served originally on the D.C. Circuit before their elevations to the Supreme Court. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit meets at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse, near Judiciary Square in downtown Washington. CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE COURT As Of 2006 , the judges on the court are:
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