Judge says Feds violated 10th Amendment by subverting state marijuana laws

[inanna]

A landmark decision for all Californian's quietly made history on August 20th in a Santa Cruz courtroom.

For the first time since 1996, when the Compassionate Use Act was passed, the federal authorities have been charged with violating the 10th Amendment for harassing medical marijuana patients and state authorities.

The case of Santa Cruz vs. Mukasey, was heard by U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel, who said the Bush Administration's request to dismiss a lawsuit by Santa Cruz city and county officials, and the Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM), wasn't going to happen.

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California voters may finally get what they asked for a dozen years ago. When the court said that the federal government had gone out of its way to arrest and prosecute some of the most legitimate doctors, patients, caregivers, and dispensary owners that had been working with state and local officials, it finally drew a line-in-the sand.

More: http://www.times-standard.com/davestancliff/ci_10461558

[midnight]

1. Glad to hear it.

[druidity33]

2. an excellent start. nt. K&R

[indepat]

3. I will never forget that on 9-10-01, Ashcroft was hot on the trail of whores in New Orleans,

those seeking the right to die in Oregon, and those using/providing marijuiana for medical purposes in California while ignoring intelligence from around the world that the US was about to be struck by a major terrorist attack using airplanes as bombs and neither should any American. :P

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[Bluenorthwest]

4. You and me both

Good memory, and very right on.

[the other one]

5. Sunday bong hit K & R

Next stop - freedom!

[bluesmail]

6. going in the right direction

[bemildred]

7. Tenth Amendment:

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution