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Senator Jeff Sessions asks circuit nominee if she will "follow the federal sentencing guidelines"

By Douglas A. Berman

Perhaps this is not news to those following the latest federal judicial confirmation battles closely, but I found notable this new report from the Connecticut Law Tribune concerning the Senate questioning of Second Circuit nominee Susan Carney earlier this month.   Specifically, this report on some back-and-forth with Senator Jeff Sesssion got my attention: Sessions lectured about the importance of judges following higher courts? dictates, and those of Congress. He told Carney that if she?d been a trial lawyer or a judge, she would know certain things from experience. ?[A] lawyer who?s practiced a lot, or a judge who?s been on the bench for a while, I think understands that they?re not policy-setting officials,? said Sessions. He then pointedly asked Carney if she would follow the federal sentencing guidelines...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 27, 2010 (boomark / email).