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To: Wolfie
the Legislature passed an un-Constitutional law.

Quote the state constitution.

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21 posted on 12/17/2005 9:47:03 AM PST by Mojave
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To: Mojave
What's the matter? Google not working?

Article I - Declaration of Rights

SECTION 22. RIGHT OF PRIVACY. The right of the people to privacy is recognized and shall not be infringed. The legislature shall implement this section.

The Alaska Court of Appeals ruled that Alaska residents may possess up to four ounces of marijuana in their own homes without any criminal or civil penalty. The ruling, which cites a 1975 Alaska Supreme Court finding that the Alaska constitution's privacy provisions protect the personal possession and use of marijuana in the home, once again makes Alaska the only state in the country with legal marijuana in the home.

Now if the Legislature is unhappy about this, they can try to amend the State Constitution to exclude marijuana possession from the explicit Right To Privacy guaranteed by the State Constitution. Of course, you might be on of those people who think that Constitutions just get in the way of Governemnt doing its "job", in which case you might want to hang out with some of your brethren over at DU.

23 posted on 12/17/2005 9:56:00 AM PST by Wolfie
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