There is no crusade. The Sessions action is intended to provoke SCOTUS decision
Quite probable. Now this will require someone or state in the pro pot camp to file the suit. Is this happening?
You have it correct - there is no crusade. We are a nation of laws and the fact remains that the legislature (congress) has still made marijuana illegal. Sessions did not direct DEA or other Federal law enforcement to target marijuana - he put such decisions back at the district level and rescinded the Cole memo, which was another DEFACTO legislation by the executive branch.
It’s all about pot to the supporters, but consider that the same people oppose the amnesty that came about, absent legislation, for illegal immigrants using the same tactic - i.e. - “you will not enforce the law.”
We MUST get our house back in order. If the American people want legal pot let the legislature legalize it. Until then, we have an inconsistent mess and states that have legalized it in some form are only interested in taxes and not enforcing their own laws so marijuana cultivated in Washington is being pushed out of state to other states that do not want to legalize it or even other nations (WA pot is going to Canada). In short, it is a mess.
It is about the rule of law - not the emotionalism of pot for the supporters. If a licensed grower is selling pot out the back door with no taxes or regulation paid to the state it should be prosecuted. In order to have the rule of law folks we HAVE to enforce the law and if we don’t like it change it.
Marijuana, illegal immigration, Hillary’s emails - the law should apply equally to all, right?
I do not think marijuana is the panacea many around here do, but I don’t really care about it. I won’t partake of it, but I do partake of the law and we cannot continue this pattern of selective enforcement because it is corrosive and leads to “too big to fail” and “too big to jail.”
Some of you must take off the blinders and recognize the truth of this. If you want to smoke - carry on, but using a memo from the executive branch to rescind a law from the legislative branch turns our republic into a dictatorship no matter who is in office.