The umpires strike back: incensed by a congressional act that shackles their sentencing discretion, federal judges--William Rehnquist included--are pounding the gavel.(Dispatches)
American Prospect, The, March, 2004 by Cohen, Andrew
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IT TAKES A LOT TO RILE UP THE FEDERAL judiciary. By virtue of their training and temperament, judges don't often whine, complain, or show anger in public. And they almost never air their grievances in the court of public opinion. So it is extraordinary to see some life-tenured jurists so upset these days about a new law they say intrudes on their constitutionally protected independence.
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