Raich commentary galore

The blogsphere is, unsurprisingly, buzzing with analysis and commentary on the Supreme Court's decision today in Raich (basics here).  There is already a week's worth of interesting commentary from many heavy-hitters over at SCOTUSblog, and certainly The Volokh Conspiracy is living up to Orin's promise of lots of Raich-blogging. 

Not to be overlooked, and of special interest for folks interested in sentencing topics, Mike over at Crime & Federalism has created this great mega-post of his early Raich analysis, which gives particular attention to the intersection of federalism and criminal justice concerns.  Other posts on Raich at Crime & Federalism are also must-reads.

Since all these bright lights have Raich well-covered, I am disinclined to add further to the deluge of Raich words (though I must note with amusement's Justice Stevens' comical reference, late in the Court's opinion, to marijuana as an "extraordinarily popular substance").  But I am inclined to spotlight and link below some pre-Raich posts in which I have explored various federalism and sentencing intersections:

• Reasons for rooting for criminal justice federalism
• Criminal justice, constitutional law, federalism and hot button issues
• Apprendi, Blakely and federalism
• Blakely, federalism, retroactivity and pragmatism