Osler's Razor

For the past day or so, I have pretty much buried myself in the gathering storm over federal cocaine sentencing. First, the Sentencing Commission proposed changing the guidelines, and then yesterday they issued a fascinating (to sentencing geeks) 202-page report to Congress on further reforms. I posted my initial reactions on Doug Berman's blog here.

Two more very important things will follow: (1) Congress will have hearings on the issue (probably the House Judiciary Committee or a Sub-Committee), and (2) The Supreme Court will be heard from, either through Claiborne or perhaps another case (like... Spears?).

Given that I have been working on this issue since I left DOJ in 2000, these are exciting times...