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In the discussion thread: Calif. Gov. Brown: DOJ, Obama should 'respect' state marijuana laws [View all]

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 02:14 PM

rhett o rick (27,748 posts)

25. I agree. But the DOJ could/should respect the will of the states and

reduce the priority of marijuana persecution.

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49 replies	Author	Time	Post
Calif. Gov. Brown: DOJ, Obama should 'respect' state marijuana laws [View all]	kpete	Nov 2012	OP
That's my governor!	CaliforniaPeggy	Nov 2012	#1
I hope so...this is one thing that couldn't be done well before the election	bhikkhu	Nov 2012	#2
I completely agree with you on all points.	BlueCaliDem	Nov 2012	#14
grow your own solves that issue - government drug dealers no better than cartel ones nt	msongs	Nov 2012	#20
It's still not legalized in CA - and that includes growing your own. eom	BlueCaliDem	Nov 2012	#21
Anyone who cares to do a little research can obtain the necessary license to grow.	Socal31	Nov 2012	#36
Not legalized, but decriminalized.	Xithras	Nov 2012	#49
OH BS, if it becomes legal it will be legal to GROW your own, if that's your thing and CHEAPER	Ecumenist	Nov 2012	#44
Thank you Governor Brown.	Panasonic	Nov 2012	#3
Like I have been saying	musiclawyer	Nov 2012	#4
Said the governor who allowed Oakland police to violate civil rights of	coalition_unwilling	Nov 2012	#5
Sorry, but even a pothead like Towlie shouldn't buy that argument.	Towlie	Nov 2012	#6
And we have a winner	Z_California	Nov 2012	#8
Yes, and as long as people keep re-electing the same clowns to Congress...	slackmaster	Nov 2012	#9
+1000	hughee99	Nov 2012	#11
So then repeal the 10th Amendment	Ter	Nov 2012	#12
Here's a recent and relevant Supreme Court ruling concerning the Tenth Amendment:	Towlie	Nov 2012	#29
The Tenth Amendment confirms that federal legislation must be authorized by an enumerated power	byeya	Nov 2012	#33
We are 50 states. Just check out the alcohol laws.	Comrade Grumpy	Nov 2012	#17
Yes the states have different laws but Booze is legal on a federal level.	TeamPooka	Nov 2012	#28
If an Amendment was required for both alcohol prohibition and its repeal,	Occulus	Nov 2012	#31
You are right that sovereignty of the states should not trump federal law, however...	Moonwalk	Nov 2012	#24
I agree. But the DOJ could/should respect the will of the states and	rhett o rick	Nov 2012	#25
+	struggle4progress	Nov 2012	#37
Tell that to the President.	progressoid	Nov 2012	#39
I	heaven05	Nov 2012	#7
Better places to spend money than on incarceration and fat profits and pensions for prison industry	Coyotl	Nov 2012	#19
Really it would be best if he'd just follow their lead and legalize it nationwide.	Lionessa	Nov 2012	#10
Go Jerry!	StrictlyRockers	Nov 2012	#13
It's one thing for the federal government to step in to free citizens from state law,..	Spitfire of ATJ	Nov 2012	#15
Some Dem Govs have guts..	nlkennedy	Nov 2012	#16
NOW he speaks out?	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2012	#18
He has to govern the whole state	nbsmom	Nov 2012	#34
None of this is even remotely true.	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2012	#41
state`s rights!...state`s rights!...state`s rights...!	madrchsod	Nov 2012	#22
The reason pot is illegal is it was cutting into the profits of petroleum and lumber/newspaper/Hears	judesedit	Nov 2012	#23
Pot and Hemp can save the world!	TeamPooka	Nov 2012	#27
Prohibition is a failed public polcy...again. It needs to fixed at the Federal level.....	TeamPooka	Nov 2012	#26
IMHO federal law should only apply to cannabis transported across state lines.	kestrel91316	Nov 2012	#30
Sister lives in a dry county in Arkansas and has to go to the next county for wine.	libdem4life	Nov 2012	#32
Why has this never gone to court?	Canuckistanian	Nov 2012	#35
It's already settled law. Federal law trumps state law.	randome	Nov 2012	#42
Fine. Let the feds enforce state level pot laws. Good luck with that, DEA.	Comrade Grumpy	Nov 2012	#46
It has gone to court:	Freddie Stubbs	Nov 2012	#48
The right Attorney General will allow this to happen.	sarcasmo	Nov 2012	#38
Since he cracks down on Medical Marijuana usage, odds are he will not view	NorthCarolina	Nov 2012	#40
A lot of state and local authorities REQUESTED the help of federal authorities.	randome	Nov 2012	#43
Yes, the recalcitrant ones who don't want to obey the state law.	Comrade Grumpy	Nov 2012	#45
Kick and Rec	Kingofalldems	Nov 2012	#47

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