Congressional Manipulation of the Sentencing Guideline for Child Pornography Possession: An Argument For or Against Deference?

Woodlee, John Gabriel

Congressional Manipulation of the Sentencing Guideline for Child Pornography Possession: An Argument For or Against Deference?

Many proponents of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines envisioned a system in which a politically insulated agency would craft guidelines based on empirical study. This vision of the now-advisory Guidelines survives in Supreme Court opinions that appear to accept that the work of the U.S. Sentencing C...