OK, so it's a huge day in terms of Supreme Court opinions. I'm sure I'll post more on these over the next week, but my first reaction is more a style point than a substantive point. O'Connor dissented from the bench on Blakely. How often does that happen (especially since she hardly ever has to dissent, period)? As to the nature of that opinion, I can't wait to get a look at it in light of Judge Young's ruling in Green. But I haven't read over it yet so I won't say much more it on at the moment beyond noting that if it's making O'Connor really mad that's probably a good thing. It would seem to point to the Court becoming more reluctant to approve of the Sentencing Guidelines as currently constructed.
Posted by armand at June 24, 2004 10:51 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics