Raich commentary galore
The blogsphere is, unsurprisingly, buzzing with analysis and commentary on the Supreme Court’s decision today in Raich (basics here). There is already a week’s worth of interesting commentary from many heavy-hitters over at SCOTUSblog, and certainly The Volokh Conspiracy is living up to Orin’s promise of lots of Raich-blogging.
Not to be overlooked, and of special interest for folks interested in sentencing topics, Mike over at Crime & Federalism has created this great mega-post of his early Raich analysis, which gives particular attention to the intersection of federalism and criminal justice concerns. Other posts on Raich at Crime & Federalism are also must-reads.
Since all these bright lights have Raich well-covered, I am disinclined to add further to the deluge of Raich words (though I must note with amusement’s Justice Stevens’ comical reference, late in the Court’s opinion, to marijuana as an “extraordinarily popular substance”). But I am inclined to spotlight and link below some pre-Raich posts in which I have explored various federalism and sentencing intersections: