States Rights vs The US Federal Government -- Marijuana Use Prohibited

This is total bull# .. to think someone sick and dying cant smoke a #ing weed that grows in a natural enviornment . gimme a #ing break. those greedy dictators want it illegal so they can keep selling overpriced pain meds and make a # load of cash. if they legalize pot then all these pain seeking patients will just grow there own meds. and the #ing prick bastards will loose all the profits . money is behind everything this #ing gov does..

benevolent tyrant,
You caught the one thing that is positive that was (not) in the ruling.
As is being commented on by a couple of radio announcers here in Dallas, this ruling actually makes it easier for congress to recind the law barring Hemp (origional reason and target) and putting into place a law that would actually govern the sale and distribution of cannibis.
I would still not hold my breath for this to happen though

I was genuinely shocked to find myself in agreement with (ack!) Clarence Thomas on this one. From Thomas' dissent:

Diane Monson and Angel Raich use marijuana that has never been bought or sold, that has never crossed state lines, and that has had no demonstrable effect on the national market for marijuana. If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything -- and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers.

... local cultivation and consumption of marijuana is not "Commerce . . . among the several States." U. S. Const., Art. I, §8, cl. 3. By holding that Congress may regulate activity that is neither interstate nor commerce under the Interstate Commerce Clause, the Court abandons any attempt to enforce the Constitution's limits on federal power.

states rights v federal laws. why should states even bother passing laws if the feds can say..' no, we don't like it..to bad.. all your citizens following your states' law are criminals.' couldn't a state be punished for passing a law that the feds do not recognize or say is illegal?? isn't the state breaking fed law by passing something like a medical marijuana bill? what will or is keeping the feds from picking apart other state laws?

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U.S. Constitution: Tenth Amendment

Tenth Amendment - Reserved Powers

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. "


I think you all need to go back and read THE BILL OF RIGHTS

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Its called the supremacy clause, states can not supercede the authority of the (big F) Federal government. If a state decided to make murder legal, the national government would step in to prosecute them to ensure that the will of the (general) public is served even if the constituency in that single state supports that law.

Originally posted by CaptainJailew
Its called the supremacy clause, states can not supercede the authority of the (big F) Federal government. If a state decided to make murder legal, the national government would step in to prosecute them to ensure that the will of the (general) public is served even if the constituency in that single state supports that law.

True, but how does one take the jump from murder to smoking pot? I mean they let you smoke fermaldihyde(sp?) in your sig's, so why not natural pot?

Where that line is, is debatable. Maybe someone could say it could be wherever there is close to a 50/50 split federally by popular vote. Things like abortion, MJ laws, same sex marriages, etc could be done on a state by state issue. Ofcourse there is no way DC would give up it's power .... but in a world where people would do what is right.

Originally posted by CaptainJailew
Its called the supremacy clause, states can not supercede the authority of the (big F) Federal government. If a state decided to make murder legal, the national government would step in to prosecute them to ensure that the will of the (general) public is served even if the constituency in that single state supports that law.

Thats not how that amendment reads to me. to me it says, any powers not given to the federal govt. by this constitution are specifically reserved for the states and the people.

Supremacy clause ... the people have the power. They are supreme!

about the idea that 'home grown stuff' does not meet the criteria of
commerce
or that 'home grown' lacks distribution......well, the FED has this loophole

on October 1, 1937, Marijuana Tax Act,
made it illegal to grow or transfer any form of cannabis
w/o a tax-paid stamp - - which was never made available to private citizens

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the article notes all the many (about 6) various int'l treaties & Fed agency Acts to prohibit its use... 1920s onward!