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Wondering what a Justice Palin might say about sentencing jurisprudence?

By Douglas A. Berman

In this post a few weeks ago, I thought out-loud about the (real?) possibility of a President Obama nominating Senator Clinton to fill an opening on the Supreme Court.  Now, thanks to this Newsweek article from Dahlia Lithwick titled "Put Palin on the Supreme Court: Washington's old-boy problem hardly ends at the Oval Office," I cannot help but wonder what a Justice Palin might think about Apprendi, Blakely and Booker.  While I doubt we can expect to see both a Justice Clinton and a Justice Palin on the Supreme Court anytime soon, here is one snippet from Dahlia's piece that has me rooting for such a Court:[W]hile our contempt for the Washington life touches everyone in the legislative and executive branches, it's become almost a job requirement at the Supreme Court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 15, 2008 (boomark / email).