Just because a point of contention falls in a presumably liberal sphere of support does not detract from or delegitimize it as an issue of States Rights.
If we are to be true to the Constitution, the founding document of the Republic, then it must be followed as written or changed, as prescribed in the Constitution, to suit the tastes of it`s followers. However; IT IS NOT A 'living document', it is the highest order of contractual law and must therefore be followed to the letter.
Amendment 9 The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment 10 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.
In no part of Article 1 have I found that Congress has been given the power to regulate any given substance for the purpose of consumption by a human being, therefore it is a states rights issue.
If so, someone please show me where this power resides, 'The good and plenty' clause?! Now who was the lefty congresscritter who cited that one?
Both governments and people have powers.
Governments don't have rights. Just powers. Powers that 'We, the people' assign to them.
/johnny