More buzz about Sensenbrenner letters

The remarkable letters that House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner wrote to the Chief Judge of the Seventh Circuit and to AG Alberto Gonzales concerning the decision in US v. Rivera continue to garner attention in the media and in the blogsphere.  The media brings us this article from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which details that Sensenbrenner “has come under fire for second-guessing a federal appeals court.”  And the blogsphere brings us this interesting post by Ron Wright at Prawfsblawg, which spotlights a “conflict of views about judges-as-agents versus judges-as-value-adders at sentencing.” 

For more background and commentary on the Sensenbrenner letters, see:

• Sentencing from the halls of Congress
• What should be done about Sensenbrenner’s letter?
• A plain error irony in Sensenbrenner’s letters