The irony is that the conservatives on the Supreme Court, who you would expect to support the states rights argument under normal circumstances, took the expansionist view of the commerce clause in the Constitution when they ruled against the CA marijuana law. They argued that CA could not create its own laws in this area because it would affect interstate trade somehow. I see that as a bogus argument and merely legal cover for maintaining a ideologically-driven policy that makes no sense in an era when a ten year old can get a prescription for Ritalin.
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Rastafari wrote: > > so my question, are there any senators, who support states rights. > namely decriminalization of certain ahem, things :) or whatever. > i just think its amazingly bunk that states can make laws and fedcockeys > can snag peeps. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287203 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
