A Shift on The Supreme Court. L.A.Times writer David Savage suggests that the Supreme Court has changed its approach in deciding constitutional questions. The piece compares previous courts that were “willing to strike down laws before they went into effect,” to recent decisions by The Roberts Court which have upheld Indiana's voter ID law, lethal injections and laws on partial birth abortions.

Racial Profiling A review of the over 300 complaints of racial profiling brought against the LAPD last year has concluded that every one was meritless. An L.A.Times story by Joel Rubin reports that 2007 was the sixth consecutive year that all racial profiling allegations have been declared "outright unfounded." Responding to complaints that these findings are difficult to believe, Police Chief William Bratton will survey other urban police departments to compare their findings with the LAPD.