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...After the Blakely case was decided, it became pretty clear that the same result had to happen for the federal sentencing guidelines,” Fisher says. “Another case was brought forward and the Supreme Court then ruled that the federal sentencing guidelines were unconstitutional as well. Blakely served as the bridge to this important decision...
...today’s ceremony, Fisher plans to discuss his early misconceptions about a law career with the HLS class...
...When I was in law school, I had this impression that lawyers took what was given to them and navigated it the best they could, but that it would be hard to change the law,” Fisher says. “Changing the law is something I have been lucky enough to do now, and it is just astonishing how many issues are out there and that you can really make a difference...
With his Supreme Court cases now closed, Fisher has been working with DWT on a federal appeals case pertaining to the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 and on some other First Amendment work focusing on the journalistic privilege to keep sources confidential...
Born in Kansas City, Fisher graduated from Duke University in 1992 and then took two years off before attending the University of Michigan Law School, earning his law degree...