I really don't mean to be dismissive but these SCOTUS calls don't do much to stifle or fuel most meaningful cjreform
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Crimpro narrowly understood as law, not police & DA practice. Crimpro of course matters but how central?
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remember also issue of racial disparities -- SCOTUS might have more influence there
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Have they in the past in matters of crim justice, for good or for ill?
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not crim pro, but reviving 8A proportionality, e.g. overruling Harmelin, would do real, if limited, good.
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No doubt! But it would be a good thing for lawyers & lawprofs to see w cold clarity where those limits are
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do you mean to tell me law profs have an inflated sense of their own importance in the world? Never!
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Good. You have not drunken of the law school Flavor Aid. Sniff at it but don't drink it.
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made it out even! (albeit without updating my twitter bio).
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