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30 Jan 2018, 7:30 am by J. Dana Stuster
Cory Booker and Oona Hathaway to write in the New York Times that the war in Syria is illegal; there is still no authorization for use of military force in Syria and “it is no longer possible to argue that the mission is one of self-defense. [read post]
19 Jan 2018, 11:00 am
Booker, like Lee and Khanna, understands that laws that do not make communities safer must be questioned, and in this case, stricken. [read post]
16 Jan 2018, 11:05 am by John Floyd
  The Seventh Circuit pointed out that while the sentencing guidelines have been advisory since 2005 with Booker v. [read post]
11 Jan 2018, 9:28 pm by Douglas A. Berman
," unpacks some part of the the Marijuana Justice Act proposed by Senator Cory Booker and it also links to this new Harvard Law Review piece also looking at the MJA. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 5:41 am by Staci Zaretsky
* Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris were both appointed to the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday afternoon. [read post]
9 Jan 2018, 8:36 am by Michael Markarian
As we begin the second session of the 115th Congress, let’s take a moment to look back at the highs and lows from the first session. [read post]
4 Jan 2018, 6:40 pm by Ilya Somin
Still, Gardner and Paul can now partially make up for their mistake by promoting legislation that would curb federal marijuana prohibition, and ideally abolish it entirely, as advocated by a range of legislators in both parties, such as GOP Representative Tom Garrett and Democratic Senator Corey Booker. [read post]
27 Dec 2017, 4:49 am by Hon. Richard G. Kopf
For example, the discretion afforded district judges by Booker[v], which tended to ameliorate the harshness of the Guidelines, and the relatively benign charging policies of Attorney General Holder[vi], are two such unexpected causes for the decline in criminal jury trials according to the authors. [read post]
21 Dec 2017, 3:59 am by SHG
From 1989 to 2005, when the Supreme Court in Booker said, “just kidding” about the Guidelines being mandatory. we argued sentences with calculators, scrutinizing to the extreme Guidelines’ commentary and using the word “heartland” as many times as possible. [read post]
20 Dec 2017, 7:39 am by Bill Otis
They could also go outside the ranges if they stated good reason on the record, subject to appellate review.When Booker came along, the guidelines were rendered "advisory only," and it's been all downhill since  --  there are now more sentences imposed below than within the guideline range, effectively setting us back to the lenience-skewed lottery we had before.If and when we return to mandatory guidelines with exacting appellate review, we can at least think about… [read post]
11 Dec 2017, 5:28 am by Associated Press
Simeon Booker, a trail-blazing African-American journalist and the first full-time black reporter at The Washington Post, died Sunday at the age of 99. [read post]
11 Dec 2017, 4:36 am
"The performers on the second day were: Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Country Joe and the Fish, Al Kooper, The Butterfield Blues Band, The Electric Flag, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Steve Miller Band, Moby Grape, Hugh Masekela, The Byrds, Laura Nyro, Jefferson Airplane, Booker T. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 9:30 pm by Sarah Madigan
Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) called the bill “an outrage” and said, “The idea that slashing taxes for the wealthiest Americans and big corporations will somehow magically result in more money and increased wages for the middle class is folly. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 8:22 am by Colleen Fitzharris, E.D. Mich.
The men and women sentenced pre-Booker must wait patiently in prison until that time if it comes at all. [read post]