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In the Kagan hearings, were any core criminal justice issues been discussed?

By Douglas A. Berman

The formal and direct questioning of SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan wrapped up this afternoon.  Based on media reports, it seems that the death penalty and gun rights are the only criminal justice issues that were at any point discussed during the two days of Q+A between the Senators and Kagan.  I suppose this is not really all that surprising, but it is certainly disappointing given that dozens of cases come before the Supreme Court each Term dealing with core criminal justices issues ranging from police practices to criminal trial procedures to sentencing law.  Oh well. I hope readers will let me know if I missed any noteworthy discussion of criminal justice issues during the hearings dealing with criminal justice issues other than death and guns...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 30, 2010 (boomark / email).