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Will a "national call-in day" help pass the National Criminal Justice Commission Act?

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed here via the folks at Families Against Mandatory Minimums, a number of public policy groups have denominated today as "National Call-In Day" in support of S. 714, which is the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, that passed the House during the summer but now seems stalled in the Senate.  (Here is my July post noting House passage and providing background on the bill.)  Though in prior posts I have expressed some negative cynicism concerning what a National Criminal Justice Commission could and would be able to achieve, I would still like to see this bill become law.  In other words, my response to the question in the title of this post is "I hope so." Some related recent and older posts: Senator Jim Webb takes his concerns about prison nation to the next level "A Blue-Ribbon Look at Criminal Justice"  "Senate Committee Passes National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009" Senator Webb's bill for criminal justice reform commission getting some House attention House approves creation of National Criminal Justice Commission continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 15, 2010 (boomark / email).