Bush is now a liberal.

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Originally Posted by pgardn

Ellen Podgar disagrees with you but I understand what you are saying.

“By saying that the sentence was excessive, I wonder if he understood the ramifications of saying that,” said Ellen S. Podgor, who teaches criminal law at Stetson University in St. Petersburg, Fla. “This is opening up a can of worms about federal sentencing.”

And by the way, not all defense attorneys are liberals. And of course you are correct. I think I was making a fairly safe generalization.

The can of worms was opened a long time ago regarding the excessiveness of federal sentences. And I don't think Professor Podgor meant to imply that this will make much of a difference in the trial courts, at least not immediately. It might add ammunition, however, to appellate challenges to the sentencing guidelines.

Yeah, your probably right, in terms of "liberal defense attorney" being a safe generalization.