Kinda like TPP.....

The people's vote has been over-ruled by a corporation. Employers have rights beyond the desires or laws of any state.

The state has the right to overrule federal law.

If the federal government says X is illegal and the state allows it, the state law must take precedence.

Whether it's pot. As in this case. But if that's true, then it's true in other situations.

If the state permits voter restrictions or bans miscegenation or makes it okay for landlords to not rent to gays or illegal aliens or black people. Ummm ... Not so cool.

Remember: The ultimate claim is that the state's legal code has greater precedence than federal law. Some will find that statement harder to agree with now. Thinking, fast and slow. (I really like Kahnemann.)

Of course, the outrage isn't intended to be a re-affirmation of states' rights. That's just the justification for outrage at having what somebody wants to be true not be the way things are at all, and no better justification can be found in the law.

And agree, now that you mention it.

Not that I have to like the outcome in this particular case. That corporation needs to leave him alone.

Find anything in their system and fire them.

It is a basic constitutional question about individual rights, in my opinion.

same. Exactly as you say IMO.

When was the last time a basic constitutional question about individual rights DID NOT land on the side of money and property and conservative politics, hmmm?

Not in this millennium....

have to be on something.

For greed. It's is bad as any of the worst drugs.

That seems very discriminatory at first glance.

If they use anything similar to what we use in the military they test for a WIDE range of substances all at once .

...and marijuana may show up weeks later.

I think it is a classical 10th Amendment issue.

many employers (mine the US Army included) often times will prohibit the use of certain substances as a condition of employment. In the case of Mary Jane until we can come up with a test that measures if someone is under it's influence on an immediate basis employers are going to have cause to terminate based off the old fashioned pee test

I'm so tired of the bullshit. When will citizens rise up and break the shackles of supposed freedom which becomes more and more of a lie all the time.

Corporations will win this fight.

this was a particularly sad case of someone 's seizure's being eased

without working for inane corporations many of whom are just legit crooked operations run by sociopaths. Some are OK, but many are invasive into many aspects of ones life. The best way to survive today IMO is to live cheaply and work independently if at all possible. The landscape in this country is quickly changing and tradition employment routes are not going to work in the long run IMO.

Firing someone for using marijuana in a state where it is legal is as arbitrary as firing someone for what color tie they wear. Of course, Mr Coats may well have violated his employment contract, which is a separate kettle of fish. But in that case, there should be a ruling on whether such contracts can be legal or not.

-- Mal

Whether or not companies can ask for your blood to be tested at any time they wish?

getting fired for doing something completely legal

I think it was written for this very type of case.

And that's been upheld in court.