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    Consistent with the ABA charter "to apply the knowledge and experience of the profession to the promotion of the public good," and the latitude of Judicial Canon 4(A) to "speak, write, lecture, teach and participate in other activities concerning the law, the legal system and the administration of justice," state and federal judges have become more vocal on the consequences of the drug war on the legal system and the administration of justice. Below are views of judges that have come to our attention.   We invite judges to submit published and non-published writings for inclusion on this page, and request readers to tell us of additional articles by judges that belong here.

Harold A. Baker, U.S. District Court, Illinois James C. Paine, U.S. District Court, Florida
Myron Bright, U.S. Court of Appeals,  8th Circuit Robert W. Pratt, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa
Harry T. Edwards, U.S. District Court, Washington, D.C. Richard Posner, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Chicago
Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Court, Boston Stanley Sporkin, U.S. District Court, Washington, D.C.
James P. Gray, Orange County Superior Court, California Jack B. Weinstein, U.S. District Court, New York

John L. Kane Jr., U.S. District Court, Denver

Robert W. Sweet, U.S. District Court, New York
Whitman Knapp, U.S. District Court, New York Juan R.Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Morris E. Lasker, U.S. District Court, New York Volney Brown, former U.S. Magistrate Los Angeles
Donald P. Lay, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit