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Some mid-Term SCOTUS reflections and predictions

By Douglas A. Berman

As noted here at SCOTUSblog, the Justices have now started another long recess.  I suppose they deserve some time off after the flurry of SCOTUS action (much of it involving criminal justice topics) in recent weeks, though the Justices surely have the kindest work schedule of any top government actors inside the Beltway.  (I am, of course, jealous because I would love four weeks away from snowy Ohio this time of year.) The break seem like a good time to take stock of the Term so far and to start making predictions for the SCOTUS months ahead.  And, with all the other DC transitions afoot, perhaps folks would also like to comment more broadly on the overall work of the Roberts Court and on its likely future.  Here are a few of my own reflections and predictions, with my usual focus on criminal justice and sentencing issues...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).