Several years ago, the US Supreme Court held that the Federal Government, under the authority of the (interstate) commerce clause, had authority to regulate marijuana that was grown in California, processed in California, sold in California and consumed in California.
Only Justice Thomas could not find interstate commerce on these facts.
Now the Ninth Circuit says state laws must be broken to allow the federal government to prosecute a federal crime???
I give up trying to understand these robed Rasputins.
Hinchey-Rohrabacher medical marijuana amendment, federal legislation passed in 2014, is supposed to prohibit the feds from interfering with local states medical marijuana.
It's the FEDS who apparently are ignoring federal law.