Reviewing reservations about Prez Trump’s latest slate of US Sentencing Commission nominees

Law360 has this effective new piece highlighting concerns about the make-up of the slate of US Sentencing Commission nominees announce by Prez Trump last week (basics here). The piece is headlined “Why Trump’s Sentencing Panel Picks Worry Reform Boosters,” and I recommend in in full.  Here is how it begins:

President Donald Trump has tapped five people for the influential commission that sets guidelines for federal prison sentences, but advocates for change on both the left and the right are calling the slate “antithetical to reform” and urging senators not to confirm the picks.

Prior related posts:

• Prez Trump makes (tough) nominations to US Sentencing Commission 
• Lots of notable reaction to Prez Trump’s nominations to the US Sentencing Commission
• Another round of criticisms of Prez Trump’s decision to nominate Bill Otis to US Sentencing Commission 
• FAMM writes extended letter to Prez Trump to “strongly discourage” re-nomination of Bill Otis to US Sentencing Commission 
• With his return to blogging, is Bill Otis no longer a potential nominee for the US Sentencing Commission? 
• Notable new talk of (badly needed) new nominees for the US Sentencing Commission
• Prez Trump finally announces full slate of (unlikely to be confirmed?) new nominees for the US Sentencing Commission 
• FAMM urges Senators to “refrain from filling the vacancies” on the US Sentencing Commission until next year