Pressure applied by Senate Republicans might not have succeeded in convincing the 9th Circuit Court to cancel its upcoming Hawaii conference, But it appears to have done a number on next year’s equivalent in California.

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

Citing the $1 million-plus travel cost of the last Maui conference in 2010 and the availability to conferees of such activities as sport fishing and snorkeling, the senators have repeatedly called on the court to cancel the conference or scale it back. In reply, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, an appointee of Republican President Ronald Reagan, has described the conference as an important educational gathering and said the accommodations cost less than many similarly sized hotels on the mainland.

But on Friday, the court announced on its website that next year’s scheduled conference in Monterey is being postponed until 2014.

Read the full article here: 9th U.S. court cancels 2013 conference

Republican Senate hopeful Linda Lingle recently told her would-be colleagues to back off, citing the impacts to Hawaii workers if the conference were canceled.

— Michael Levine