Nebraska and Oklahoma sue Colorado over legal marijuana
The war on drugs just got interesting. Because it is state vs state, it goes straight to the Supreme Court. No working its way up the food chain with this one. Personally, I hope Colorado wins.
"But B, I thought you were a law and order guy!"
Well I am, and pot is against federal law, but I don't see anything in the Consititution that gives the federalies the right to legislate mary jane.
"So then you agree with people that smoke pot now? They should be able to do it and frak the federalies?"
No, they're criminals. You will not find one instance of me advocating breaking the law because I happen to disagree with Supreme Court rulings that allow the feds oversight in areas where they don't belong. The S.C. is frequently wrong, but the way our system has evolved, they gave themselves the power to do this, so it sucks but there you go.
"That makes no sense, man! You're contradicting yourself."
Your mama's a contradiction. ( Worst your mama joke ever, amirite??)
NOTE: This thread is [RD] and is to be limited in discussion, if there is any at all, to the issues of federalism and the fact that it is state suing state, etc etc etc. Broad leeway within that area, but in no way does that mean we are to discuss the so called "immorality" of potheads not getting to smoke their wacky weed. Nor is this about slavery.
Nebraska and Oklahoma have asked the US Supreme Court to nullify a 2012 law that made marijuana legal in the US state of Colorado.
The two states allege that Colorado's law is in violation of federal law.
They say that they are suing just Colorado, and not Washington state where marijuana is also legal, because they do not share a border with Washington.
Colorado's attorney general said their suit was without merit.
"Federal law undisputedly prohibits the production and sale of marijuana," said Nebraska attorney general Jon Bruning in a press release.
The war on drugs just got interesting. Because it is state vs state, it goes straight to the Supreme Court. No working its way up the food chain with this one. Personally, I hope Colorado wins.
"But B, I thought you were a law and order guy!"
Well I am, and pot is against federal law, but I don't see anything in the Consititution that gives the federalies the right to legislate mary jane.
"So then you agree with people that smoke pot now? They should be able to do it and frak the federalies?"
No, they're criminals. You will not find one instance of me advocating breaking the law because I happen to disagree with Supreme Court rulings that allow the feds oversight in areas where they don't belong. The S.C. is frequently wrong, but the way our system has evolved, they gave themselves the power to do this, so it sucks but there you go.
"That makes no sense, man! You're contradicting yourself."
Your mama's a contradiction. ( Worst your mama joke ever, amirite??)
NOTE: This thread is [RD] and is to be limited in discussion, if there is any at all, to the issues of federalism and the fact that it is state suing state, etc etc etc. Broad leeway within that area, but in no way does that mean we are to discuss the so called "immorality" of potheads not getting to smoke their wacky weed. Nor is this about slavery.