Around the blogosphere (Alito-free)

In addition to the Alito-mania in the blogosphere, I encourage folks to check out these interesting items:

• Mike at Crime & Federalism in this post effectively takes Eugene Volokh to task for his “fuzzy thinking” in this recent post about sentencing discretion.  My own reactions to that post can be found here.

• TalkLeft reports here on a “new law signed by President Bush last week” that “makes sending annoying anonymous e-mails or posting annoying messages on websites a federal crime.”  Perhaps this explains the paucity of comments lately (though, for the record, I am not easily annoyed).

• There is interesting buzz at the ACSblog and blackprof about the possibility that Virginia Governor Mark Warner might, as his term draws to a close, do something about the state’s disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of felons.  (Virginia is one of only three states that categorically and permanently prohibit all ex-felons from voting.)