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Should sentencing fans be rooting for a non-judge replacement for Justice Stevens?

By Douglas A. Berman

The question in the title of this post is prompted by this effective new piece in The National Law Journalby Tony Mauro, which is headlined "Pressure Grows to Pick a Nonjudge for the High Court: All nine justices on the current U.S. Supreme Court hail from the federal appellate bench."  Here is how the piece starts: So where, exactly, is the "judicial monastery" that Washington keeps talking about these days? And why do so many people want President Barack Obama to steer clear of it when picking a replacement for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens? More than any other time in recent memory, the drumbeat of politicians and pundits alike against naming another federal appeals court judge to the Supreme Court is running high. With nine former federal appellate judges on the current Court, some are saying: Enough already...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 26, 2010 (boomark / email).