Posted on 12/28/2013 3:04:45 PM PST by Wolfie
“I’m not clear on how a state can override a federal law, when there is already a federal law on the subject. Hopefully someone can educate all of us.”
10th Amendment.
“You’re working a job that requires you to submit to random drug tests. If you smoke the weed in Colorado and test positive for a legal substance (weed) is your job at risk in Colorado?”
Yes. A court challenge will no doubt happen and clear that up. We already have a law that says an employer cannot fire someone for activities outside of the workplace.
“I’m not clear where the Constitution gives the Federal government the power to regulate recreational drugs. Didn’t we have to amend the Constitution to give Washington the power to outlaw alcohol?”
Excellent point.
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.
...and as of Jan 1, 2014, 60 and 40 watt incandescent light bulbs.
I cant flush my toilet with too much water or not have health insurance that meets the governments “standards” under fear of penalty and/or incarceration, but in Colorado I CAN GET HIGH! HIGH! HIGH!
We live in BIZZARO LAND !!!
I cant flush my toilet with too much water or not have health insurance that meets the governments “standards” under fear of penalty and/or incarceration, but in Colorado I CAN GET HIGH! HIGH! HIGH!
So which of the above comport with the Tenth Amendment, and which do not?
It depends on with which on you get caught crossing the state line.
A trunk load of either will land you in federal court.
The light bulbs would be legal also if they were manufactured and sold exclusively within the state. Constitutionally, the feds wouldnt have a leg to stand on.
Not that that has ever stopped them before.
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