Off to the Coast

Just in time for the Oscars, I am off to LA to participate tomorrow in the AFDAs full-day seminar on “Federal Sentencing In A New Era After Booker/Fanfan” (details here).  Though blogging may be a bit lighter the next few days, there is no shortage of reading to catch up on.  As I did previously here and here and here, below I have thematically organized and linked recent posts:

BOOKER CIRCUIT COURT DEVELOPMENTS

• More Booker wisdom from the 2d Circuit
• The Third Circuit speaks more fully on Booker (and Almendarez-Torres)
• Booker remands in the 8th and the 10th
• Lots more on Booker from the Sixth Circuit
• Two for Tuesday from the First Circuit
• Plain error Booker circuit review

OTHER BOOKER DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• A simple solution to the pipeline problem?
• Eager for more post-Booker data
• Important Booker rulings from district courts
• A fascinating 3d Circuit rumor
• The Blakely beat goes on in the states

SCOTUS DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• Will SCOTUS care to clean up the plain error mess?
• Criminal justice, constitutional law, federalism and hot button issues
• More thoughts on recent SCOTUS work
• SCOTUS speaks on racial segregation in prison
• More SCOTUS Booker GVRs