Professor Eugene Volokh, constitutional law professor at the UCLA School of Law and founder of the Volokh Conspiracy blog, pens a provocative op-ed in the LA Times regarding the swirling controversy over Congressional review of federal district judge’s implementation of Congressionally-mandated sentencing guidelines in federal criminal cases. Although voters should be skeptical of a politician’s motives in attempting to limit judges’ discretion in handling criminal cases, Professor Volokh is certainly correct that judges–as are congressman–are governmental officials and not immune from criticism or legislation that limits their discretion.