Colorado vows to defend pot law against states' challenge
Source: AP-Excite
By SADIE GURMAN and GRANT SCHULTE
DENVER (AP) Colorado's top law enforcement official promises to vigorously defend the state's historic law legalizing marijuana after Nebraska and Oklahoma asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare it unconstitutional, saying the drug is freely flowing into neighboring states.
The two states filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to prevent Colorado from enforcing the measure known as Amendment 64, which was approved by voters in 2012 and allows recreational marijuana for adults over 21. The complaint says the measure runs afoul of federal law and therefore violates the Constitution's supremacy clause, which says federal laws trump state laws.
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said the lawsuit was without merit.
"Because neighboring states have expressed concern about Colorado-grown marijuana coming into their states, we are not entirely surprised by this action," he said. "However, it appears the plaintiffs' primary grievance stems from non-enforcement of federal laws regarding marijuana, as opposed to choices made by the voters of Colorado."
FULL story at link.
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning speaks at a news conference in Lincoln, Neb. on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 announcing that he and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt are filing a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a declaration that Colorado's legalization of marijuana violates the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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hobbit709
(41,694 posts)And better yet want the very government they are so against to do something about it.
These idiots wouldn't recognize irony if it bit them on the ass repeatedly.
melm00se
(4,993 posts)that has been used around the gun control debate:
Easy access to firearms in state XXXXX allows them to flow to state YYYYY and used by criminals. This is why we "need" uniform (read: federal) gun control statutes (usually mirroring the strongest and most restrictive of state laws).
easychoice
(1,043 posts)Miles and miles of weed left from WW2...Some has been crossed with other strains like Indica by some enterprising citizens.I know it grows in the street planters in some cities in those states.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)until it interferes with their state, then, they are against other states' rights. Their vision of states' rights, (Nebraska, Oklahoma and the like) is all for us, none for you, when it comes to states' rights. A one-sided selfish and ridiculous immature attitude.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)who played Arthur Branch in the Law and Order franchise and who also was in Congress briefly.
mountain grammy
(26,624 posts)wasting our money one dollar at a time. I'm sure he has more in common with these two morons than he doesn't, but that said, what about state's rights, boys?
plcdude
(5,309 posts)when it comes to driving licenses. Can a state prohibit a driver who is underage in their state but legally acquired a driving license in their home state?
http://parentingteens.about.com/od/teendriving/a/Driving-Age-by-State.htm
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)The Supreme Court can't force Colorado to make weed illegal, but it may be able to block the state from taking any action to tax or regulate it. Then you unregulated, untaxed legal marijuana.
Derek V
(532 posts)MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS!