Osler's Razor

I am anxiously awaiting tomorrow mornings arguments, when I will get a sense of whether or not the Supreme Court buys my arguments on the crack/powder ratio in the federal sentencing guidelines. Meanwhile, via this post on Doug Berman's sentencing blog, I see that my legislative proposal for reform of the crack laws (long story short: Longer sentences for big players, shorter for small-timers) came out today in the Federal Sentencing Reporter. Thus, I'm confronting all three branches of government at once-- The administrative branch (in the form of the DOJ) is the opponent before the Supreme Court (judicial branch), while the legislative reform suggestion hits the street.

Well, big whoop. Tom Brooke (IPLawGuy) told me today about a really incredible accomplishment: His Mom, Elizabeth Brooke, was named chief of the news desk at U.S. News and World Report. At age 75. That's an accomplishment!