Adventures in partisan wonderland

My day in DC testifying at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Bush’s commutation of Libby’s sentence was quite an experience.  Sadly, only a small part of the VERY lengthy hearing was about sentencing issues, principally because the presence of Joe Wilson as a witness led to much partisan bickering over Valerie Plame and yellow-cake uranium (which sounds like a new Cold Stone Creamery flavor).

After my travels and a chance to catch up on other happenings, I hope to be able to comment with some perspective on what the Bush commutation might come to mean for federal sentencing law.  Today’s fun just reinforced that (unsurprisingly) some politicians are more interested in political soundbites than sentencing policies. 

All the witnesses’ testimony and a webcast of the hearing can be accessed at this link.  I am eager to hear via comments any and all feedback on my written testimony or on the hearing itself.