Via Reuters: Court: Government can bar medical marijuana use.
The Appeals Court’s position seems reasonable to me, and in concert with federalism/the Consitution:
The appeals court said states could adopt medical marijuana laws as long as the marijuana was not sold, transported across state lines or used for nonmedicinal purposes.
And Justice O’Connor is correct:
“This case exemplifies the role of states as laboratories,” O’Connor wrote.“Relying on Congress’ abstract assertions, the court has endorsed making it a federal crime to grow small amounts of marijuana in one’s own home for one’s own medicinal use,” she said. “This overreaching stifles an express choice by some states … to regulate medical marijuana differently.”
Nonetheless, the Supremes overturned the lower court’s ruling 6-3.
This strikes me more as the Court being unwilling to blow the Control Substances Act apart (which is what would have happened) than it does to be about medical marijuana, per se, or their willingness to take federalism seriously.
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I’m not sure I agree with that expansive of a doctrine, but since I’m against medical marijuana, I’m okay with it for right now (may change when I actually read the opinion).
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Dude.
Have I mentioned that I have a crush on Clarence Thomas? I don't know why I bother getting surprised at anything the SCOTUS does these days, but this is some wacky shit. Not the least of the wackiness is that Sandra Day O'Connor landed on the…
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To many — including some conservatives — the