Increasing Prison Population: Doug Berman at Sentencing Law and Policy has a post clarifying an ABC News Report that the "U.S. Prison Population Hits All-Time High". Berman clarifies the ABC story by linking to the the Justice Department's official press release, which actually reports on slower growth in the nation's prison and jail populations. The report states that according the Bureau of Justice Statistics, "[t]he growth in the number of prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction slowed during the first six months of 2007[.]" "The number of prisoners rose 1.6 percent, which was lower than the 2.0 percent growth during the same period in 2006."

Q&A With Justice Scalia: Above The Law has a post on Justice Scalia's Q&A session at a Federalist Society event promoting his recent book "Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges". During the Q&A session Scalia answered questions regarding his thoughts on the Court confirmation process, what drew him to administrative law, and urged law students to take classes in comparative law. The post also contains some interesting commentary on why Justice Scalia may have turned down an invitation to sit on the Seventh Circuit. Earlier posts have addressed Scalia's other public appearances for his new book.

Federalism Discussed at the AALS Mid-Year Meeting: Jonathan Adler at Volokh Conspiracy has a post on his participation at the AALS Mid-Year meeting. Adler reports that he led a session on “Federalism and the Roberts Court.” According to Adler, the session discussed the different approaches of the Roberts Court and the Rehnquist Court towards "judicial safeguards of federalism". Adler reports that while the Rehnquist Court sought to advance state sovereignty and enumerated powers, the Roberts Court has shifted its focus toward the issues preemption and the dormant commerce clause. Adler also reports on two other papers addressing federalism at the conference: “Federalism, the Rehnquist Court, and the Modern Republican Party,” by Bradley Joondeph (Santa Clara), and “The Populist Safeguards of Federalism,” by Robert Mikos (UCDavis).