“People forget that pot has been legal in Colorado for about 10 years. This is old hat.”
Pot was NOT legal in Colorado until recently. Possession of less than a ounce was still subject to a civil fine. All other activities, including production and distribution were felonies.
Federal laws are still in force though, but rather than having Congress change them, obama has elected to abrogate his sworn duty to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the U.S., just like he has illegally chosen to do so with enforcement of immigration law and anything else that strikes his fancy. He should be impeached for any one of those abrogations, but the Republicans have no balls, could care less about what’s right for this country, and care about only one thing: being elected at any and all costs.
It’s been legal for anyone willing to jump through the very easy hoops. What the feds don’t want to enforce is their problem. I like the idea of the citizens of sovereign states living by their own constitutions without federal interference. And the constitution of Colorado says it’s legal.
Impeaching Obama is a political question, and it would be a huge mistake to impeach him over this, or any of his more important crimes unless there are the votes in the Senate to convict him.
“Federal laws are still in force though, but rather than having Congress change them, obama has elected to abrogate his sworn duty to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the U.S., just like he has illegally chosen to do so with enforcement of immigration law and anything else that strikes his fancy.”
Selective enforcement of federal MJ laws in other states would seem a pretty good defense to prosecution.