Academic input on a not-so-academic Booker fix proposal
Last week in this post about the Booker fix provisions of H.R. 1528 (basics here, commentary here and here and linked here), and I urged persons concerned about the congressional response to Booker to help ensure that rhetoric does not eclipse reality as the legislative process unfolds. Taking up my suggestion, Professor Michael O’Hear has drafted a thoughtful letter criticizing the Booker fix and drug sentencing provisions of H.R. 1528, which can be downloaded below. (Some other criticisms of the bill, which merits a lot of criticism, are discussed and linked here.)
Michael’s letter is written on behalf of “law teachers, most of whom specialize in criminal law and procedure,” and he would like to add the name of professors who “agree that the Booker fix bill represents bad policy — or that it should, at least, be removed from the legislative fast track and subject to closer scrutiny.” Professors (including, in my view, adjuncts) who are willing to have their names added to the letter should contact Michael via e-mail with this link (and be sure to include your name, title, and institution).