[antiRepublicrat]

There is no federal constitutional right to smoke marijuana.

Such statements were the fear of the Founding Fathers, who thought that if they enumerated rights, then some may assume that those are all the rights that the people have. Thus we have the wholly forgotten 9th Amendment. "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

[bvw]

Yes, it is that very phrase "federal constitutional right" which is their fear grown real. It is not the rights of the people, but rather the limited and enumerated powers given our government by charter that the constitution specifies, which is its sole scope.