Rutherford v. United States · ¶81

With that division of labor in mind, the Court should have upheld the Commission's policy statement because the Commission acted reasonably when it construed the terms “extraordinary and compelling” to permit courts to consider sentencing disparities caused by changes in law only in narrow circumstances and only as part of a holistic inquiry. The Commission's policy statement falls well within the expansive scope of the terms “extraordinary” and “compelling” and is consistent with longstanding judicial practices, which Congress did not alter here.

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