Reviewing some old but still timely advice for new presidents past

As regular readers know, I have already done a lot of posts on what I and others believe new Prez Biden should be doing to reform our criminal justice systems.  For now, as I watch Prez Biden give his innaugural speech and related festivities, I thought to look back on some blogging in years past when former Prez Obama and former Prez Trump first took office.  Here is a small sampling of posts from January 2009 and from January 2017 that still feel timely:

From Jan 2009:

• Inaugural rhetoric about freedom and liberty in prison nation 
• Is it too early to start demanding President Obama use his clemency power? 
• A great letter urging the USSC to think big in its future work 

From Jan 2017:

• “Dear President Trump: Here’s How to get Right on Crime, Part 1”
• “Dear President Trump: Here’s How to get Right on Crime, Part 2”
• “Dear President Trump: Here’s How to get Right on Crime, Part 3”