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I have a bad feeling about this.
Good on him.
Yes. Jeff just F’d Trump over royally.
Colorado’s Senator just said he will block every one of Trump’s or DOJs nominations.
Jeff just went from bad to worse.
Sessions is such a disappointment.
Hopefully this DA is true to his word & Congress finally wakes up amends or repeals that infernal Controlled Substances Act.
He should be immediately replaced. And the feds should scrutinize banks involved in illegal drug profits, seize the assets. Locally legal, yes, but profitable, no. Past time to push back on the who pot industry and shut it down.
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Can someone explain why we needed a constitutional amendment to ban one drug(ethyl alcohol) but we didn’t need one to ban another drug (delta-g-tetrahydrocannabinol), otherwise known as weed?
So either change the law or fire this US Attorney.
It is a federal crime to own/grow marijuana. Obama era EOs and regulations ignoring laws on the books (like immigration) is not the way to run a country. What happens when another state wants to ignore gun laws? Environmental laws? Tax laws? Etc. CHANGE THE LAW and don’t blame those whose job it is to ENFORCE the law.
This is a STOOPID mistake by Sessions!
It is so plainly obvious that constitutionally this is a STATE matter!
Trump needs to fire Sessions first thing tomorrow morning.
Sessions is only undoing another of Obama’s unethical cheats - which prohibited enforcing certain laws.
Now prosecutors once again have the discretion.
Like suspending the unconstitutional DACA policy, this puts the decision back where it belongs - with the legislature. It is corrosive to the rule of law to maintain Obama’s restriction on law enforcement.
Having the Colorado Prosecutor state that he has no intention of pursuing Marijuana crimes is permissible under Sessions restoral of the previous policy - and hopefully that will mollify Senator Gardner.
Instead we have Mueller and screwing up a marijuana enforcement system that was pretty much working.
Handling the cash will be the problem.
The bank regulators may put the squeeze on folks.
Sessions has said he will not prosecute anyone. That is why he is going after non-personal crimes like MJ use. Sessions is a full-scale swamp wimp and nothing he does now qualifies as ‘redemption’.
He’s a is a disgrace to the Office of Attorney General, an embarrassment on the Administration, and arguably has done the most harm to the office of the President both to DJT’s tenure and to all future Presidents.
I’m a frequent critic of law enforcement but this time I am not. We have a Federal law against marijuana and Sessions wants to enforce it.
I say good for him because I believe he’s also setting the groundwork to enforce immigration law over the objection of the same states that also legalized pot.
Nullification of Federal law is supposed to be illegal, right? Well, now we’ll see.
If it isn’t legal then I look forward to Wyoming legalizing full-automatic weapons despite Federal laws and practices that prohibit them.
Good for him. I hope he sticks to it.
As I have written before on these pages. I do not smoke marijuana, nor do I wish to imbide in marijuana. When I was a “Kid” I did things that I do not wish to repeat here. That said, I disagree with AG Sessions actions here, but do understand his diecision. It will now be up to Congress to address whether Marijuana should be a Schedule 1 drug. I am favor of legalization for those states that wish it legal. I favor other states remaing “Dry” if that is there wish. It is an issue best left to the states. That means though that Marijuana has to be taken of the roles as a most dangerous drug for that to happen., thus it is a matter for Congress.
Sessions should have added the caveat to the announcement. I don’t agree with his decision, but it is proper in his line of thinking. If the mood of the country is that marijuana should enjoy some sort of relaxation (no pun intended), the it is either up to congress or whateverr body is responsible for removing Marijuana from its current status.
So, a hullabaloo over nothing? Sessions did away with the Cole Amendment, but his prosecutors have the same guidelines as before and still make their own decisions. They’ve been busting big illegal pot guys and cartel types all along.
I don’t see the problem here. They aren’t after the ones following the rules or random pot smokers.