Good for Justice Sotomayor, taking on Chief Justice Roberts and his views on race, and how he meshes that with constitutional jurisprudence.  In short, in her dissent to the Michigan affirmative action decision written by Justice Scalia, Sotomayor reminds the world that Roberts in a 2007 decision expressed the street corner view that so-called "reverse" racism is worse than the racism that continues to create a permanent underclass of African Americans.  

CJ Roberts is the right target -- Scalia is old and immovable, Thomas is younger but equally immovable, but Roberts is that ever-dangerous fist in the velvet glove.  He is the man who, I still say contrary to many of my progressive colleagues, threatens to eliminate the entire constitutional...

Our President and Justice Dept have been working on reducing the unfair sentencing of drug users that are in prison.  Holder just made a big announcement of seeking applications for this process.  There will be further announcements later this week. This is good news for many who are now serving unjust sentences.

The Obama Administration continued its push to reduce the number of prisoners serving long sentences as a result of the nation’s federal drug laws on Monday with an announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder describing new rules that would expand the pool of convicts eligible to apply...