Suing the Federal Nanny State PING!
D.C. to be the new homeless mecca.
I find these MJ threads to be most entertaining and revealing, the comments are amusing and often astonishing.
I would imagine that DC with all the federal money it gets and the blurred lines of federal agency employees and DC employees things could get even more troubling. For example if it were against federal law and someone was caught on say a federal park or monument, would they be housed in jail and prosecuted under federal of District courts?
Right now our state is struggling to get state laws and federal laws unscrambled into a workable situation. One point of contention is National Parks and lands within WA State and whose laws are to be enforced on federal lands.
A Constitutional Amendment is the only legal way to achieve "increased autonomy" for D.C. - apart from convincing congress to find a new Seat for the U.S. government.
“Mayor Muriel Bowser”
She’s a dog!
If DC residents don’t like Congress exercising its constitutional authority over DC, then they can always move to a state of their choice which has legalized marijuana.
Let's see you adhere with the US Supreme Court ruling in that landmark case you lost 'DC vs. Heller', first.
So all those govt workers riding the train to work would now fail their drug tests after inhaling the second hand smoke.
The dope issue isn’t the subject, it’s the fact Congress ignored the will of the people. Such action must not be allowed to stand, or they’ll just ignore us completely.
Congress has the power to legislate for the District “in all cases whatsoever”.
I’m not sure this phony DC “government” is unconstitutional (as long as Congress has the last word), but the notion of voters who reside in the District having any legitimate role in legislation is ridiculous.