Morning notes

 
     Dissenting justices, including Justice Sandra Day O’Conner, warned that the recent ruling in Blakely v. Washington, would undermine—if not destroy—federal guidelines, which were meant to reduce disparities among punishments handed out by different judges.
(http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/22/oconnor.sentences.ap/index.html )

 

   Quick action on the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Report  is considered unlikely by many observers. An “executive summary” of the report is available  @ http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/terrorism%20&%20security/z_archive/911_report/cover_execsummary.pdf , with the complete 585-page report  available @

http://www.msnbc.com/modules/legal_docs/911report.pdf