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In the discussion thread: Administration Weighs Legal Action Against States That Legalized Marijuana Use [View all]

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 12:03 PM

John2 (1,706 posts)

8. Why don't

groups come back and sue the Congress and the Justice Department, on the grounds that they made marijuana a class level one drug period? Get it into a forum with competing experts. Then go to the issues of Constitutionality. Let Congress and the Justice Department prove why it should be illegal. Take it to the U.S. Supreme Court if you have to. I don't think Congress or the Justice Department can win this issue with the current research on marijuana. They had none of that in 1930.

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Administration Weighs Legal Action Against States That Legalized Marijuana Use [View all]	Newsjock	Dec 2012	OP
Or the feds could fuck off and waste our money on something else.	Ed Suspicious	Dec 2012	#1
Or better yet... Not waste it at all?	RevStPatrick	Dec 2012	#2
CO & WA laws are instances of nullification proposed in Jefferson & Madison’s 1798 KY & VA	jody	Dec 2012	#3
Legislatures can't restore Colorado's anti-marijuana law. It's in the constitution.	denverbill	Dec 2012	#4
The federal government has every police department on the hook.	former9thward	Dec 2012	#89
Balance the budget	SCVDem	Dec 2012	#5
Anyone know how we can strongly and effectively communicate a "hands-off" message?	RussBLib	Dec 2012	#6
try the "states' rights" angle	0rganism	Dec 2012	#18
Another possibility...	Volaris	Dec 2012	#84
Why would it matter that your "Congresscritter is a Tea Party Repug"? Holder (D) is a Democrat.	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#23
Holder can't act...	awoke_in_2003	Dec 2012	#46
"Not for long, anyway"? Why would you say that? As long as he doesn't prosecute banksters	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#47
What I am saying is he won't...	awoke_in_2003	Dec 2012	#55
I believe that the DoJ is separate from the Executive.	BlueCaliDem	Dec 2012	#58
If Obama did not want Holder to go after state-approved medical marijuana dispensaries,	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#67
Bingo. nt	awoke_in_2003	Dec 2012	#74
You would be wrong.	Fuddnik	Dec 2012	#71
Ah, another good story ruined by the facts.	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#75
No. History shows clearly, I am CORRECT. You're wrong.	BlueCaliDem	Dec 2012	#121
There are three branches of government. Which one do you think the DoJ reports to?	rhett o rick	Dec 2012	#94
Yes. Keywords:	BlueCaliDem	Dec 2012	#105
Try the "you're going to cost us the 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 elections" angle	grahamhgreen	Dec 2012	#81
We have a winner!	calimary	Dec 2012	#102
From an organizing point of view, the "Congresscritter...Tea Party" fellow might be the	jtuck004	Dec 2012	#82
Let it go to trial and see what a jury in that state says.	hobbit709	Dec 2012	#7
The method of jury nullification will have to be used, over and over	villager	Dec 2012	#11
What villager said.	jody	Dec 2012	#13
Agree!	think	Dec 2012	#15
That's not cheap nor free.	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#48
What about the poor slob who gets a "law and order" jury.	Hassin Bin Sober	Dec 2012	#65
Why don't	John2	Dec 2012	#8
You can only sue on grounds of Unconstitutionality.	former9thward	Dec 2012	#100
They	John2	Dec 2012	#103
Commerce Clause and 10th Amendment	bl968	Dec 2012	#107
OFFS. I can't believe the admin. would waste it's time on this. Why aren't States' Rights Advocates	nolabear	Dec 2012	#9
Maybe it	John2	Dec 2012	#10
Because they're not really for "States Rights" that's just a wedge issue used by them to further	Uncle Joe	Dec 2012	#25
you get the gold star for today	Volaris	Dec 2012	#87
The President has decided not to enforce DOMA and let states decide marriage equality.	progressoid	Dec 2012	#40
You can support...	awoke_in_2003	Dec 2012	#56
Pot, the cash crop for the Private Prison Complex. States' rights be damned on this issue.	SammyWinstonJack	Dec 2012	#114
Bongs Away!	Gregorian	Dec 2012	#12
This is a clear case of ignoring science and math. Pathetic.....	think	Dec 2012	#14
they're also ignoring democracy	0rganism	Dec 2012	#19
"Pathetic" is an understatement. A fucking waste of time and money.	GodlessBiker	Dec 2012	#31
Obama may be a NARC, but Jimmy Carter wants to toke up	MediaMan	Dec 2012	#16
Kudos to Jimmy Carter; a great statesman, in many ways ahead of his time.	Uncle Joe	Dec 2012	#28
Inevitable & neccessary step	maxsolomon	Dec 2012	#17
This is one time when the feds need to keep their noses to themselves.....	Swede Atlanta	Dec 2012	#20
President Obama...take notice and leave it alone.	SoapBox	Dec 2012	#21
Bring 'em on!	Ezlivin	Dec 2012	#22
WTF has Obama got to lose by advocating a rescheduling of Marijuana?	SHRED	Dec 2012	#24
Only Congress can do that. Obama is the president. Different branch. eom	BlueCaliDem	Dec 2012	#60
Ok,	John2	Dec 2012	#108
Time to get rid of Holder. /nt	Ash_F	Dec 2012	#26
Holder was a HUGE disappointment and should have been axed. Many wanted Jennifer Granholm	SugarShack	Dec 2012	#57
This would be Obama turning his back on us.	Joey Liberal	Dec 2012	#27
Again, you mean?	villager	Dec 2012	#52
Always. nt	SammyWinstonJack	Dec 2012	#115
the prison industrial complex demands it....	mike_c	Dec 2012	#29
Marijuana listed as a Schedule 1 narcotic is obscene	SHRED	Dec 2012	#30
Remember...	greyghost	Dec 2012	#32
Sort of like the "Drive 55" federal requirement that tied highway funds to lowering the speed limit?	MADem	Dec 2012	#33
I heard something to that effect talked about on one of the morning programs.	Uncle Joe	Dec 2012	#38
Two words: "Jury Nullification"	SHRED	Dec 2012	#34
Two more words: "Good luck"	DefenseLawyer	Dec 2012	#77
the 60 Minutes piece said Denver citizens are doing it	SHRED	Dec 2012	#86
Try it feds, and states will secede	Ter	Dec 2012	#35
Oh Jesus Christ on a cracker.	Arugula Latte	Dec 2012	#36
The Ironic Thing	Ccarmona	Dec 2012	#37
Know what chaps arse	bakpakr	Dec 2012	#39
Why can't the state use it's National Guard to block the Narcs? - Seriously!	socialindependocrat	Dec 2012	#41
I just read article in Rolling Stone	marlakay	Dec 2012	#42
good luck with that-he helped create the drug czar	green for victory	Dec 2012	#53
Biden Also Pushed Through the "Rave Act" in the Dead of Night	AndyTiedye	Dec 2012	#70
Didn't he also vote to make student loans nondischargeable in bankrupty? What a populist.	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#78
Huh. They want to treat voters like Michigan treats unions. n/t	jtuck004	Dec 2012	#43
Obama smoked pot. Bush smoked pot. Clinton Smoked pot.	dorkulon	Dec 2012	#44
What a damn minute! Clinton NEVER INHALED!!	AAO	Dec 2012	#69
Drug laws for only for the little people, much like taxes.	SammyWinstonJack	Dec 2012	#116
K&R	DeSwiss	Dec 2012	#45
The DOJ is wasting effort on pot smokers........	Hotler	Dec 2012	#49
Well, there goes all beliefs that I had he'd be different in the 2nd term...	Comrade_McKenzie	Dec 2012	#50
whatever, then make it a finable offense, 1 penny, to be paid, when you get around to it	CreekDog	Dec 2012	#51
I wouldn't legalize it at the state-level, I'd just change the penality to a 1 cent fine.	David__77	Dec 2012	#54
Nothing but kudos for obama but...	neffernin	Dec 2012	#59
This option doesn't seem viable:	JimDandy	Dec 2012	#61
Hope for change	_ed_	Dec 2012	#62
???	heaven05	Dec 2012	#63
Stop the sale of all liquor? You must be joking	green for victory	Dec 2012	#66
I think	neffernin	Dec 2012	#73
it's	heaven05	Dec 2012	#79
being	heaven05	Dec 2012	#76
When is someone going to take legal action against stupidity?	nolabels	Dec 2012	#64
Why don't they go after REAL criminals like Bush & CHEEEEney!	AAO	Dec 2012	#68
Exactly my thought. nt	JudyM	Dec 2012	#113
You're Welcome Mr. Obama	SoCalMusicLover	Dec 2012	#72
yep	heaven05	Dec 2012	#80
Constant disappointment....Obama aims to please.	SammyWinstonJack	Dec 2012	#117
Here they go, flushing OUR tax dollars down the toilet	LiberalEsto	Dec 2012	#83
As A person that did time for pot	BobbyBoring	Dec 2012	#85
Exactly what I said in another thread	musiclawyer	Dec 2012	#90
Do they want a repeat of 2010?	CrispyQ	Dec 2012	#88
JURY NULLIFICATION!	wildbilln864	Dec 2012	#91
I think there are a lot of questions	union_maid	Dec 2012	#92
In theory, yes	Hydra	Dec 2012	#97
So Telling and So Dumb	colsohlibgal	Dec 2012	#93
“In Colorado, Pot Got 50,000 More Votes Than Obama”	frylock	Dec 2012	#95
I live in a red county in WA	marlakay	Dec 2012	#96
Howdy again,	cilla4progress	Dec 2012	#109
Howdy back	marlakay	Dec 2012	#110
Back in the day, cannabis was decriminalized in OR, WA, AK	Hestia	Dec 2012	#98
Lets Stop the War	elbloggoZY27	Dec 2012	#99
grrrr	Marrah_G	Dec 2012	#101
stupid, but for all politicians it's, "Whose your daddy?"	fascisthunter	Dec 2012	#104
It's a good thing that we aren't stuck with Romney	FiveGoodMen	Dec 2012	#106
This would be a very stupid thing for the Obama administration to do.	yardwork	Dec 2012	#111
This is the most pressing problem facing our nation today	jsr	Dec 2012	#112
Nauseating!	JackRiddler	Dec 2012	#118
Lets see who the government works for	DiverDave	Dec 2012	#119
We all know who it is	harun	Dec 2012	#120

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