I’d ask Justice Scalia how he’d explain to Thomas Jefferson the need to harass a citizen for possessing hemp in the first place.

Russ, you fuckin’ nailed. I’m loathe to add anything–just because that line was so goddamn perfect–but my big mouth wants to add these two cents.

Here’s Mr. Jefferson, speaking at his first inaugural, explaining what sorts of things government should and should not do:

Still one thing more, fellow-citizens—a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.

Hmm….”restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement…”

There’s no way to get prohibition of pot-smoking out of that.

Scalia used to teach law at the University of Virginia, which was founded by Thomas Jefferson himself.

The so-called “originalist” Scalia needs to get back to his roots. If Justice Scalia hadn’t sold out his own purported beliefs, he would’ve voted the other way on Raich v. Gonzales and Charlie Lynch wouldn’t be facing jail for operating a legal dispensary.