Posted on 01/29/2003 4:33:54 AM PST by Wolfie
Drug Czar Won't Respond To Nevada Campaign Law Complaint
The national drug czar has declined to respond to complaints that the he broke Nevada law by not filing reports on money spent opposing November's marijuana ballot initiative.
The Marijuana Policy Project, which backed the defeated initiative to allow possession of up to 3 ounces of marijuana, said drug czar John Walters failed to submit his campaign finance report.
Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller asked Walters for a response earlier this month.
But the Office of National Drug Control Policy said in a letter received Tuesday by Heller that Walters is immune from enforcement of Nevada's election laws.
The letter from office general counsel Edward Jurith said Walters was immune because he was a"federal official acting within the scope of duties, including speaking out about the dangers of illegal drugs."
Heller said he would review the response and may seek the opinion of state Attorney General Brian Sandoval.
Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project said Walters' response indicates"he has moved from simply ignoring the law to actively defying it."
Mirken said past U.S. Supreme Court decisions found that the key test of immunity is whether state or local regulation"intrudes or interferes"with the federal government activities.
"The claim that he was just doing his job is obvious nonsense," Mirken said."He was explicitly campaigning against Question 9."
Nevada actually has a golden opportunity here to push the State's rights issue. If Walters will not respond, then the State Attorney should move to file charges. Walters can be served and told to show up in court. If he doesn't, it is contempt and a warrant would be issued. The police of the State he is in would have to take him into custody and turn him over. This could get good......
Just FYI, the initative she was using DOJ resources to campaign against was to allow CCW.
Of course I woudn't defend Reno, she is against the second amendment, but that doesn't matter to you.
All that matters to you is pot and you will go down the low road of insulting a good person like Walters by comparing him to Reno.
Why am I not surprised of the Hilalry like tactics of the pot uber alles crowd.
If your side didn't have such a hard-on for criminalizing marijuana, we could move on to more pressing, more important matters.
OOF. Dane pays once again for leading with his chin.
The WOD is New Deal/Great Society liberalism to its core
1. Its constitutional basis is an expansive view of the Commerce and General Welfare Clauses, just like Federal education, environment, welfare, and health care policies.
2. Like liberalism, it uses our Federal tax dollars for domestic social engineering.
3. Uses junk science to justify its need. An example would be the study that tried to say MJ was responsible for a huge increase in ER visits.
4. Creates arrogant bureacrats who think they are above the law.
5. Claim the problem is getting worse to justify more funds.
6. Claim they are winning to justify more funds.
7. Have contempt for the Tenth Amendment.
8. Have lousy public service ads.
You believe it is ok for the federal government to fly out a federal official, and have him/her campaign against a state initiative, at the taxpayers expense.
Skip pot. I am just talking about the practice in general. Some thing you drug warriors don't like to do. You feel free to cheer the feds ramrod over the constitution and states rights just for drugs.
If you are willing to give them the power to do this, I will be looking to see your reaction, when President Lieberman, sends AG Hillary Clinton out to campaign against state vouchers, CCW, parental notification laws, while she rides on the federal government dime.
Is there anything you guys won't support to keep the WOSD going?
Really? And what is it that matters to you so much that you will go down the low road of double standards to excuse Walter's violation of Nevada's campaign laws?
Oh so there is something wrong with him speaking out on the subject? Look the pro-drug lobby put a lot of money into the failed Nevada rpo-pot initiative also, no one stopped them.
Like I stated earlier before this is all a case of sour grapes from the pro-pot crowd.
If you are willing to give them the power to do this, I will be looking to see your reaction, when President Lieberman, sends AG Hillary Clinton out to campaign against state vouchers, CCW, parental notification laws, while she rides on the federal government dime.
All pure hyperbolic conjecture on your part. Walters gave his opinion on the pro-pot intiative and you all are in a snit because a landslide majority sided with him.
Ok, let's just duct tape Walter's mouth and you all can live in your hunky dory world where all criticism against your wonderweed is prohibited.
Walters is entitled to his opinion, and entitled to express his opinion - on his time and his dime. As far as his position as drug czar goes, it is his job to provide the public with the best information currently available on the subject (all the information, not just the bits and pieces that suit him). It is not his job to tell the public what conclusions they must draw, and what decisions they should make based on that information.
And the public doesn't have to listen to him if they don't want to, you're just angry that they did listen to his message.
No, we're "angry" that we paid for his politicking in a STATE matter with our federal tax dollars.
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