Raich v. Ashcroft
Here is a great resource on the Raich v. Ashcroft Supreme Court case.
Basically the case is about whether the Federal Government has the power to regulate medical marijuana under the inter-state commerce clause of the constitution even if the activitiy in question neither crosses state boundaries or is commercial in nature.
My personal belief is that the constitution doesn’t give the Federal Government the right to outlaw drugs even when the activity is commercial and crosses state boundaries (thats why we needed an ammendment to outlaw liquor after all) but regardless of that, this case is very interesting, and probably the most important case the Court has heard in a while.
This bit here gives a feel for how important this case is:
I’ve seen nothing in the Government’s materials that gives them a good answer to the question “If we overturn Raich, can you name any activity that is outside the reach of the Federal government?”
Should the Government win this case, Federalism will be effectively dead.
(via Caffeine Dreams)
The Libertarian in me just laughs my ass off!!! Here the Govt wants to control what the states legalize and/or regulate while at the same time touting the ’states rights’ when it concerns same-sex marriage. It would be truly laughable if it were not so sad. After all, it’ not just one or two states to pass Medical Marijuana, it’s 20 percent!
If Scalia and Thomas vote against this, they are hypocrites.