Posted on 12/18/2014 2:20:21 PM PST by balch3
OKLAHOMA CITY – After legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, Colorado is at the heart of a lawsuit.
The Denver Post is reporting that Nebraska and Oklahoma have filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to strike down Colorado’s legalization laws.
The Colorado attorney general’s office says the lawsuit alleges “that Colorado’s Amendment 64 and its implementing legislation regarding marijuana is unconstitutional under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.”
“Because neighboring states have expressed concern about Colorado-grown marijuana coming into their states, we are not entirely surprised by this action,” said Colorado Attorney General John Suthers. “However, it appears the plaintiff’s primary grievance stems from non-enforcement of federal laws regarding marijuana, as opposed to choices made by the voters of Colorado. We believe this suit is without merit and we will vigorously defend against it in the U.S. Supreme Court.”
Click here to read a copy of the lawsuit.
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt issued the following statement about the lawsuit:
“Fundamentally, Oklahoma and states surrounding Colorado are being impacted by Colorado’s decision to legalize and promote the commercialization of marijuana which has injured Oklahoma’s ability to enforce our state’s policies against marijuana. Federal law classifies marijuana as an illegal drug. The health and safety risks posed by marijuana, especially to children and teens, are well documented. The illegal products being distributed in Colorado are being trafficked across state lines thereby injuring neighboring states like Oklahoma and Nebraska. As the state’s chief legal officer, the attorney general’s office is taking this step to protect the health and safety of Oklahomans.”
Thanks for pissing on the 4th Amendment.
Any other sections of the Constitution you wish to trash?
How can you sue a state for engaging in their 10 amendment rights?
But that violates the right of Americans to freely travel between the states.
I smell a friend of the court filing.
I think drug warriors have a special program that blanks out the words 'Tenth Amendment'.
Thus your question will be read as, 'How can you sue a state for engaging in their ____?'
I would order online if the cartels have a web site. Maybe drone delivery.
The same way you sue a bakery for engaging in their 1st Amendment rights - you find a liberal judge who doesn't give a rat's ass what the Constitution says.
Yes, by all means lets continue to waste billions of taxpayer money for the war on a marijuana that was a legal cash crop and played a significant, positive role in this nation until 100 or so years ago when it magically became a vile, evil weed.
Marijuana is now legal for pain relief in 23 states... therefore, it’s fine for you?
So what’s the problem?
Don't think so. Try this =>
If they could demonstrate a specific case where a driver, driving under the influence of cannabis alcohol traced to Colorado, caused death, injury, or property damage, that threshold would be met.
You got no case.
Or we could take your approach and kick the 10th to the curb.
That opens up an entirely different discussion about civil liberty and DUI laws in general.
How does it make the case for "interstate commerce" if someone goes to Colorado to buy it? Both the buyer and seller are in the same state.
That, or find just one minor in possession of a joint or some weed tied directly to some crime that could be verifiably traced to Colorado.
Nobody uses seeds anymore. All the good stuff is cloned.
Once they get a strain with the desired attributes it even gets a cool name like “Denver Kush” or somesuch.
I think individuals here can have six clones/plants, which they have to purchase with proof of a medicinal need.
I thought this would be about the Sooners and Cornhuskers losing out on their top football and basketball recruits...
Congrats, you just made the New York state argument that gun laws Virgina are too lax and that those laws cause problems in New York.
Leave Colorado alone on this. Oklahoma and Nebraska are dead wrong here. They have no business demanding Colorado live according to their norms.
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