Comments on: Supreme Court affirms that state medical marijuana laws do not preempt federal drug ban http://stash.norml.org/supreme-court-affirms-that-state-medical-marijuana-laws-do-not-preempt-federal-drug-ban The Growing Truth About Cannabis Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:08:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J.W. http://stash.norml.org/supreme-court-affirms-that-state-medical-marijuana-laws-do-not-preempt-federal-drug-ban/comment-page-1#comment-46713 J.W. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:33:32 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=8438#comment-46713 Jon, try a little culture check too... It's "hippies". lol Jon, try a little culture check too… It’s “hippies”. lol

]]> By: Jon http://stash.norml.org/supreme-court-affirms-that-state-medical-marijuana-laws-do-not-preempt-federal-drug-ban/comment-page-1#comment-46685 Jon Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:56:00 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=8438#comment-46685 Yea, I didn't run that through spell check... :/ Yea, I didn’t run that through spell check… :/

]]> By: Jon http://stash.norml.org/supreme-court-affirms-that-state-medical-marijuana-laws-do-not-preempt-federal-drug-ban/comment-page-1#comment-46684 Jon Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:54:01 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=8438#comment-46684 I'm all for legalizing it, however, the way you hippys, including the President, are going about is completly wrong... not to mention unconstitutional and I don't mean state constitution... I mean the US constitution. Federal law preempts state law on this matter. Period. The main issues in these cases is whether state agents can enforce federal laws. They can't. Period. The Supreme court doesn't want to hear these half-assed cases for that very reason. These are procedural cases which will not be judged on the merits, rather on the procedure. The procedure is settles so there is no need for the Supreme court to grant certiorari. There's no clear Constitutional issue by which this case must be judged. The Supreme court will generally abstain from hearing cases which can be solved without dealing with the constitutional issue within the case presented. Keep in mind, again, this is not an issue as to whether pot is legal. It's NOT LEGAL even if: you think it is,your state says it is, a cop says it is, and pray really really hard. The fact of the matter is that, although it may not be followed at the moment, federal law controls. PIRIOD. To throw a little more stupidity into the mix Obama has decided to violate the constitution in his "decision" not to enforce the law. Under the US Constitution, Obama MUST FAITHFULLY EXECUTE federal law. It is not his perogative to execute the law it is his duty as President. His executive orders must comply 100% with the letter of the federal law and he has over-stepped his constitutional powers. Period. Now, whether congress wants to deal with this issue or not is upto them. If they don't call him out on it he will do as he pleases but this does not ammount to a change in the LAW nor doed it mean that it is LEGAL it simply means that it is CURRENTLY not being ADDRESSED. Please understand that if congress changes its mind, or someone sues on the substantive issue, then all these business will be out of business. The day the FEDERAL law is changed will be the day that marijuana is actually legal. Til then you run these businesses at your own, albeit high, risk... pun intended. Period. I’m all for legalizing it, however, the way you hippys, including the President, are going about is completly wrong… not to mention unconstitutional and I don’t mean state constitution… I mean the US constitution.
Federal law preempts state law on this matter. Period. The main issues in these cases is whether state agents can enforce federal laws. They can’t. Period. The Supreme court doesn’t want to hear these half-assed cases for that very reason. These are procedural cases which will not be judged on the merits, rather on the procedure. The procedure is settles so there is no need for the Supreme court to grant certiorari. There’s no clear Constitutional issue by which this case must be judged. The Supreme court will generally abstain from hearing cases which can be solved without dealing with the constitutional issue within the case presented. Keep in mind, again, this is not an issue as to whether pot is legal. It’s NOT LEGAL even if: you think it is,your state says it is, a cop says it is, and pray really really hard. The fact of the matter is that, although it may not be followed at the moment, federal law controls. PIRIOD.

To throw a little more stupidity into the mix Obama has decided to violate the constitution in his “decision” not to enforce the law. Under the US Constitution, Obama MUST FAITHFULLY EXECUTE federal law. It is not his perogative to execute the law it is his duty as President. His executive orders must comply 100% with the letter of the federal law and he has over-stepped his constitutional powers. Period.

Now, whether congress wants to deal with this issue or not is upto them. If they don’t call him out on it he will do as he pleases but this does not ammount to a change in the LAW nor doed it mean that it is LEGAL it simply means that it is CURRENTLY not being ADDRESSED. Please understand that if congress changes its mind, or someone sues on the substantive issue, then all these business will be out of business.

The day the FEDERAL law is changed will be the day that marijuana is actually legal. Til then you run these businesses at your own, albeit high, risk… pun intended. Period.

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