Urban Institute Report: Thanks to Doug Berman at Sentencing Law and Policy a post on the Urban Institute's Report on treating drug offenders. The report is titled "To Treat or Not to Treat: Evidence on the Prospects of Expanding Treatment to Drug-Involved Offenders." The link to full the report can be found here.

Of course, given the Urban Institute's track record, see, e.g., here, everything they say must be taken with a heaping tablespoon of salt.

Possible Supreme Court Judge Appointments: Orin Kerr at Volokh Conspiracy also has this comment on Senator Barack Obama's recent comments on qualities he would look for in a Supreme Court Justice nominee.