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Circuit courts say the darndest things

By Douglas A. Berman

I make an effort to read just about every published federal appellate ruling dealing with sentencing issues, and sometimes this effort rewards me with amazing nuggets of wisdom from circuit judges.  For example, I learned something new about the US Constitution from the final paragraph of the Eleventh Circuit's work today in US v. Aldrich, No. 08-15556 (11th Cir. April 27, 2009) (available here).  Specifically, thanks to Aldrich, I now know that "[t]here is no constitutionally significant difference between masturbating in front of a minor in person versus doing so via web camera."

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 27, 2009 (boomark / email).