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
- Myron Bright, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
- Volney Brown, former U.S. Magistrate Los Angeles
- Harry T. Edwards, U.S. District Court, Washington, D.C.
- Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Court, Boston
- James P. Gray, Orange County Superior Court, California
- 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
- Morris E. Lasker, U.S. District Court, New York
- Donald P. Lay, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- James C. Paine, U.S. District Court, Florida
- Robert W. Pratt, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa
- Richard Posner, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Chicago
- Stanley Sporkin, U.S. District Court, Washington, D.C.
- Robert W. Sweet, U.S. District Court, New York
- Juan R.Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- Jack B. Weinstein, U.S. District Court, New York