[VA Advogado]

Its nice to see the good guys win one. These billionare foreign drug pushers need to find a new hobby. America can do better than this.

[VA Advogado]

Bump for the America.

[A CA Guy]

Misfits want to warp America in their image with illegal drugs.

[Moby Grape]

Indeed a sad day for the Libertarians....they will have to continue taking their drugs illegally.

[wideawake]

Good news.

I find it fascinating that the self-appointed guardians of free will, the so-called libertarians, are so strongly in favor of using substances that erase free will and enslave people.

Luckily, sanity prevailed.

[WyldKard]

Yeah, before all you socialists start "getting off" on your so-called "victory":

But a technical error in drafting the language for the proposal proved fatal. The campaign's amendment called for the creation of a new Section 24 to Article 1 of the state Constitution. The state Constitution already has a Section 24, adopted by voters in 1988 to protect crime victims' rights.

Someone goofed in the writing of the proposal. That is what killed it, not some Socialist people to "save people from themselves, since the State owns your body" All folks have to do is draft a corrected proposal for next time.

Of course, when the good people of DC voted for medical marijuana TWICE, and twice had the Senate invalidate their votes..I'm sure you would have all approved of the voices of the voters being squelched in that regard as well...

[Freeper 007]

I guess it would have been horrible to let Michigan voters actually make the choice.

I don't see how anyone can be happy when something is kept off the ballot because of a technical error.

Let the people vote.

Is that such a horrible idea?

[A. Pole]

But a technical error in drafting the language for the proposal proved fatal.

In Massachusetts they ignore the will of the citizens in much simpler way - they do not vote on the constitutional proposals if they do not feel like doing it. See - Sen. Tom Birmingham: 'Leader' or 'Dictator'?

[tahiti]

Amendment IX, U.S. Constitution:

"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, U.S. Constitution:

"To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings: "

Our federal government has no constitutional jurisdiction to enact prohibitive drug laws.

Why do you think it took a Constitutional Amendment to prohibit alcohol from January 1919 to December 1933?

Prohibiting the consumption of alcohol by citizens using "legislation" was unconstitutional.

The exact same logic applies to any other chemical substance.

Also, the 9th amendment is part of the Bill of Rights not the Bill of Privileges.

[Destructor]

Good news indeed! Sorry potheads. Better luck next time. LOL!!

[weikel]

It'd be really horrible if the drug war ended and you had to look for another job besides dealing VA.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

These billionare foreign drug pushers need to find a new hobby.

You're right. The CIA should stick to trafficking illegal drugs. They shouldn't corrupt or political system like this.

[Dane]

The campaign, largely financed by three wealthy businessmen including international financier George Soros(one of Hillary's best friends), spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to organize the effort

And the Libertarians will screech saying that drug validation is not a leftist issue when the proof is in the pudding or should I say bong.

[Sloth]

A court stopping a ballot initiative is almost always a bad thing.

[thepitts]

You certainly do have a wrong headed view of who the "good guts" are.

[A2J]

But a technical error in drafting the language for the proposal proved fatal.

LOL!!

Obviously, drugs affect language skills as well.

LOL!!!

[tdadams]

the state Supreme Court declined to place the issue before voters in November.

A statist court thwarts the will of the people on a technicality and you cheer. What a lowlife.

The tide is turning on this issue. Drug law reform will happen whether you like it or not. The next time this petition comes around, every 't' will be crossed and every 'i' dotted. It will pass.

People have had enough of the tyranical state enforcing the law at the expense of justice.

[Cultural Jihad]

The campaign, largely financed by three wealthy businessmen including international financier George Soros, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to organize the effort and collect more than 450,000 signatures. ...

But a technical error in drafting the language for the proposal proved fatal. The campaign's amendment called for the creation of a new Section 24 to Article 1 of the state Constitution. The state Constitution already has a Section 24, adopted by voters in 1988 to protect crime victims' rights.

I'll bet Soros is sore. It sounds like his lawyers who drafted the proposition were too stoned or he was too cheap to get better ones.

[jjm2111]

I'm with the Libertarians on this one. The "War on Drugs" has cost too many Constitutional freedoms and does nothing to diminish drug use. The government stops maybe 10% of the incoming illegal drugs.

Prohibition 2 is not working and is doing more harm than good.