Courtney O'Brien is the Legislative Assistant for the Public Safety and Elections Task Force at the American Legislative Exchange Council. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CourtneyOBrien http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CourtneyOBrien TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:15:52 GMT Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:15:52 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ In early August, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered California to reduce its prison population by 40,000 inmates in the next two years. This is the largest federally mandated state... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CourtneyOBrien/2009/08/17/three-headed_bully_three-judge_panel_mandates_release_of_thousands_of_calif_criminals 43c69f0f-3174-43b6-8ee5-05fa0c9cba1c Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:15:52 GMT