If a Federal Statute Falls in the Forest and No One's Around, Does It Make a Sound (or Undermine What Would Otherwise Be a "National Consensus")?

If a Federal Statute Falls in the Forest and No One's Around, Does It Make a Sound (or Undermine What Would Otherwise Be a "National Consensus")?http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/2008/07/03/if-a-federal-statute-falls-in-the-forest-and-no-one-s-around-does-it-make-a-sound-or-undermine-what-would-otherwise-be-a-national-consensus.aspxMost of you have probably already seen Linda Greenhouse's articles yesterday and today , reporting that in last week's Kennedy case involving the death penalty for child rape, the court, its clerks, the parties, the several amici, and the solicitor generalenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)