At 01:33 PM 11/21/2001 -0800, you wrote: >Oregon refuses to ignore basic constitutional rights for the sake of the >war on terrorism: > >"Portland police have refused a U.S. Justice Department request for help >in interviewing Middle Eastern immigrants as part of its sweeping >terrorism investigation, saying it would violate state law." > >"Arabs and Muslims have expressed outrage at the U.S. Justice Department's >plan to interview the 5,000 men, who are not suspected of any crimes. The >list is comprised of men ages 18 to 33 who entered the United States since >January 1, 2000, from countries that have been linked to the hijackers in >the September 11 attacks or were waystations for the terrorist >organization, al Qaeda." > >[...] > >http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/11/21/inv.portland.police.questioning.ap/index.html > > >Oregon does battle with Ashcroft over physician-assisted suicide laws: > >"The judge said his order "nullifies giving any legal effect" to >Ashcroft's directive -- in other words, doctors should not fear legal >repercussions if they follow the Oregon law." > >"Ashcroft's order prompted the court challenge, with Oregon officials >saying the government was trying to strip the state of its right to govern >the practice of medicine" > >[...] > >http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/11/21/assistedsuicide.hearing.ap/index.html > > >DEA feds declare war on Californians: > >"Unable to find Osama bin Laden or dismantle al Qaeda, the Bush >administration has attacked an easier target -- the 960 mostly AIDS and >cancer patients of the Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center." > >"The basis for the raid is the long-standing state-vs.federal government >dispute over who has say over drug laws. In 1996, California voters >approved Proposition 215, which gave patients the right to possess medical >marijuana. The federal government has refused to recognize the law in >California and eight other states and Washington, D.C., which have passed >similar medical-marijuana measures. Last May, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled >against the reopening of an Oakland club, a decision cited in last weeks >search warrant."
I can't see any constitutional basis for the FDA (or much of the FAA or FCC regulations for that matter). Perhaps not regulating California marijuana clinics impacts marijuana clinics in other states: empty Commerce Clause justification. steve
