Blakely turns two … let’s forum!

Two years ago today, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Blakely v. Washington.  In my first post after the decision, I commented that “the ramifications of this decision for modern sentencing reforms cannot be overstated,” and that there will “be lots and lots more litigation (some of which will surely make its way again to the Supreme Court) about what [Blakely] now means for the operation of structured sentencing systems.”  As we await a decision from SCOTUS in Recuenco on the nature of Blakely error, and also look forward to two major Blakely cases on the docket next Term (Cunningham and Burton), the accuracy of these predictions are pretty clear.

So, on its birthday, what do you get for Blakely, the sentencing case that has everything?   My idea is to honor the day by starting to post any commentary sent my way in response to the “Blakely at two” blog forum I proposed in this post.