All of a sudden “state’s rights” is cool.
-PJ
I am sick of the freedoms the government has stolen from us all to protect us from ourselves.
23.6 Billion ruling against tobacco, but pot is A-OK. Only in bizarro mondo.
There’s an ulterior motive here. Stalinists like complacent, docile sheep. Hence the clarion call for legalizing marijuana.
If the NY Times was intellectually honest, they would demand repeal of all gun laws too.
The Central American Three Stooges told Barry that the American “appetite” for recreational drugs is drawing Central American “unaccompanied minors” to the U.S. like moths to a candle. If we legalize marijuana (and tax da hell out of it), every “unaccompanied minor” in Central America will be showing up at the border and declaring themselves a “refugee” or whatever the Spanish word for “refugee” is.
But don’t let the states decide on Obamacare or gay marriage.
The reason they are pushing this is to get the liberal voters to show up for the next big election.
”State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress [emphases added].” —Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
In fact, FDR's justices also wrongly ignored that the Supreme Court had previously clarified that intrastate agriculture is an aspect of a state's intrastate commerce that Congress has no business regulating.
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited. None to regulate agricultural production is given, and therefore legislation by Congress for that purpose is forbidden [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.
So arguing that it's a “good idea” to let the states decide on intrastate marijuana production is beside the point, imo, since the federal government actually has no constitutional authority to regulate such things, interstate commerse being another issue.
On the other hand, noting that the 18th Amendment prohibiting booze was later repealed by the 21st Amendment, there's nothing stopping the states from amending the Constitution to make things like marijuana the federal government's business.
Because Stoner Nation is just what we need in times of crisis. That would make our country so much better.
“Repeal Prohibition, Again”
Again?
What amendment is he referring to? I am not aware of the amendment that gave this authority to FedZilla to begin with.
Agreed.
Liberaltarians never change
Good idea, turn it over to the states to decide. And while they’re at it, turn the drinking age back to the states too. 21 is ridiculous, but that’s the age the Feds decided, not the states. Let the states decide without bribing them with highway funding, etc.
My suggestion: Age 19 or a high school diploma, whichever comes first.