* Calling all cougars -- and the young studs who love them. If you're a single female who earns more than $500,000 a year (e.g., a Biglaw partner), you should check out this event. [DealBreaker]

* Canadian lawyers are horndogs, too. [Legal Blog Watch]

* "Though I did not think Judge Kopf owed me anything, I was not about to refuse a beer from a federal judge." [Sentencing Law & Policy]

* Hillary Clinton as Tracy Flick? [Slate TV via Althouse]

* Survivor winner Yul Kwon, with whom we went to law school, contemplates a congressional run. Go Yul! [Washington Examiner]

It is SO ON.

More on Judge Pregerson's Opinion in Carrington v. United States [Volokh Conspiracy]

More Kerr on Carrington and mandate recall discretion [Sentencing Law and Policy]

Distinguishing finality interests between convictions and sentences [Sentencing Law and Policy]

Earlier: Sentencing Law Smackdown: Berman v. Kerr?
Judge Harry Pregerson Is Cruisin' for a Bruisin'

On Wednesday, Professor Orin Kerr sarcastically mocked -- and also analytically attacked -- the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Carrington v. United States (PDF). In an opinion by liberal stalwart Harry Pregerson, the court authorized resentencing in two cases from the Mesozoic Era the 1990's. We wrote about the decision here.

We expressed interest in hearing what sentencing guru Doug Berman would have to say about the case. And now Professor Berman has kindly obliged, in a quasi-snarky post that asks, What's wrong with equitable Booker retroactivity in the Ninth Circuit?

Consider the gauntlet thrown down. Professors Berman and Kerr are two of the biggest crim-law bloggers around. And they kinda look alike, too. (See photos -- Professor Berman at right, Professor Kerr at far right.)

Will Professor Kerr take up Professor Berman's challenge? Might we have a blogospheric battle of the titans on our hands?

(To be sure, you have to be a bit of a sentencing law geek to appreciate this. If you are, then you might also enjoy this post by Professor Berman, Proof the guidelines are reasonable -- a riff on our recent post about Justice Breyer writing the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines on Professor Charles Fried's dining room table.)

Carrington v. United States [Volokh Conspiracy]
What's wrong with equitable Booker retroactivity in the Ninth Circuit? [Sentencing Law and Policy]
Carrington v. United States (PDF) [Ninth Circuit via How Appealing]

Earlier: Judge Harry Pregerson Is Cruisin' for a Bruisin'

Or at least a big benchslap upside the head, courtesy of the Supreme Court. Per Orin Kerr:

A lot of people have talked about the Supreme Court's small docket; Judge Harry Pregerson of the Ninth Circuit is actually doing something about it. He handed down an opinion today in Carrington v. United States that has "Destination: One First Street" written all over it.

Read the rest of Professor Kerr's devastating critique here. Howard Bashman also doesn't think highly of the opinion.

Professor Kerr concludes by quoting George Will: "[t]here should be two Supreme Courts, one to reverse the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the other to hear all other cases." Will's article was about a "Reinhardt special." But as Carrington shows, Judge Stephen Reinhardt isn't racking up reversals all by himself; he gets by with a little help from his friends.

One final note: Carrington gave Judge Consuelo Callahan, the luscious Latina sometimes mentioned as a possible Supreme Court nominee, the opportunity to write an impassioned, high-profile dissent. Judge Callahan should be grateful to Judge Pregerson for giving her the chance to develop conservative street cred. If she gets nominated to the SCOTUS someday, she should thank Judge Pregerson at her investiture.*

(We'd be curious to hear what Professor Doug Berman, sentencing guidelines guru, thinks of Carrington.)

Update: Professor Berman weighs in. Interesting! Are the conservatives now guilty of putting their policy preferences ahead of the letter of the law?

* Best correction ever, from Slate: "Our article originally identified Consuelo Callahan as Consuela Callahan."

Because, you know, all Latinas in the state of California are named "Consuela." They're all maids. And they're all played by Lupe Ontiveros in the movies.

Carrington v. United States [Volokh Conspiracy]
Carrington v. United States (PDF) [Ninth Circuit via How Appealing]