Kudos to Justice Sonia Sotomayor for refusing to allow a prosecutor’s racist conduct to hide behind an order denying certiorari. On February 25, 2013, the Supreme Court denied a cert petition in Calhoun v. United States, a case that originated from Texas and involved a drug conspiracy conviction. At trial, the prosecutor had argued to the jury:
"You’ve got African-Americans, you’ve got Hispanics, you’ve got a bag full of money. Does that tell youa light bulb doesn’t go off in your head and say, ‘This is a drug deal?’"
