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USSC public meeting this week

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this public notice, a public meeting of the US Sentencing Commission is scheduled for Thursday, November 20, 2008, at 9:30 a.m.  The public notice reveals that the USSC has a less-than-inspiring formal agenda, including a "Briefing on Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2008" and also a "Briefing on Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 and Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008." Though the agenda might suggest this public meeting will be a snoozer, this will still be the first formal and public event for the USSC in the wake of the election of a new President and Congress.  Though I doubt the USSC will address this coming federal transition in any consequential way ? and remember that technically the Commission is housed in the Judicial Branch ? astute Commission-watchers may be able to assess changes in tones, attitudes and ambitions in light of new political realities...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 18, 2008 (boomark / email).