As well as the 10th Amendment and the right of Jury Nullification and so much for fully informed juries too. The 17th Amendment sure did wonders for this Republic Oligarchy.
...which only kicks in, legally, when a federal appeals court or the USSC says so. This was, afterall, a legal proceeding.
"...and the right of Jury Nullification..."
The jury was free to nullify anytime it wanted to. Guess what? It didn't.
"... and so much for fully informed juries too."
I know you meant to say, "fully prejudiced juries." Until the USSC says that Congress has no right to pass drug legislation and strikes those laws down, they stand. And they also take precedence over state and local law, laws that were not relevant to this federal proceeding. To mention them would only have been prejudicial.