Posted by Orin Kerr:
Justice Kennedy Announces Earth Is Flat:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_05_15-2005_05_21.shtml#1116299172
I suppose [1]this speech offers one more reason Tom DeLay will want to
impeach Justice Kennedy:
. . . Referring to the title of a [2]book by New York Times
columnist Thomas Friedman about increasing globalization, Kennedy
said "the world is now flat, and the U.S. is beginning to be
involved in international law."
Of course, it's possible that DeLay agrees that the Earth is flat,
but I'm pretty sure he won't like the international law bit. And then
there's this:
After his speech, Kennedy answered a reporter's questions about
other political controversies. . . . .
In a comment that won't endear him to DeLay and other
conservatives, Kennedy suggested that criminal sentences in the
United States are too long, noting that U.S. sentences are eight
times longer than those in Western Europe. "We have to rethink the
sentencing system," he said. "We have 180,000 prisoners in the
California state system alone."
Asked about a bill just passed by the House to impose tough
mandatory minimum sentences for gang-related offenses, Kennedy said
he "strongly opposes" mandatory minimums, saying they lead to
overly harsh sentences.
Of course, Justice Kennedy has [3]said this before.
References
1. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1116246912761
2. http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/worldisflat.htm
3. http://www.supremecourtus.gov/publicinfo/speeches/sp_08-09-03.html
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