Might we celebrate this Festivus with a polite airing of sentencing grievances?

I am not quite sure if Festivus is still something in the pop culture ether, but I am sure that I still get a kick out of reviewing the faux-holiday’s grand traditions,   And I am especially sure that, thanks to a seemingly endless pandemic and a toxic political environment, the Festivus tradition of airing grievances seems to be now an almost daily ritual for many. 

That all said, especially as another notable sentencing year winds down, I am eager to yet again welcome and encourage any and all readers eager to air their sentencing grievances in the comments.  As the title of this post suggests, I urge everyone to make extra efforts to be extra polite in any Festivus grievances being aired.  I hope that is not too much to ask in a holiday season.  

I will try to set the tone with a grievance that will be familiar to regular readers: I am disappointed we did not get nominations to the US Sentencing Commission in 2021.  But I am quite optimistic that we will be getting nominations in early 2022, and I am hoping a new USSC will demonstrate all sorts of “feats of strength” as it gets to work on long overdue federal sentencing reform projects.

Others?