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Pardon me, Governor

Pardon me, Governor: Should federal courts be able to set timetables for action on clemency petitions by state governors? "No" is the answer that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit supplied today.

That court's opinion, written by Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, concludes: "Federal courts have run prisons, school systems, police and fire departments, and other state and local agencies found to have engaged in unconstitutional conduct. But for a federal court to run a governor's pardon system would be a step too far."

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 02, 2009 (boomark / email).