Bipartisan Drug Bill

Ron Paul & Barney Frank have written a bill (Denver Post Friday) that would replace federal laws against marijuna with state rules. So if a state legally allowed medical marijuana or even legalized weed, federal agents could only arrest you for breaking state laws.

While this is probably DOA, I would love to see the bill at least make it to the floor so I know which Congress people truly believe in states' rights.

SS109 wrote: Ron Paul & Barney Frank have written a bill (Denver Post Friday) that would replace federal laws against marijuna with state rules. So if a state legally allowed medical marijuana or even legalized weed, federal agents could only arrest you for breaking state laws.

While this is probably DOA, I would love to see the bill at least make it to the floor so I know which Congress people truly believe in states' rights.

I'm not in favor of legalizing pot, but I am in favor of this bill.

Me too... Finally, a sensible solution... Which is why it probably won't pass.

The reason it won't pass is that the federal government has determined that it has unlimited power to govern regarding domestic issues as well as foreign ones. It thinks the power of the state government is derived from the power of the federal government and completely subject to it according to its current whim.

If you believe the federal government has the power to allow or disallow a state to govern regarding domestic issues, then you would believe that it has the power to rescind the law it is now proposing at a later date.

Either the state has the sovereignty to decide the issue for itself or it does not. There is no middle ground.

LadyJazzer wrote: Me too... Finally, a sensible solution... Which is why it probably won't pass.

Nope, not a snowball's chance in hell.

Nor should we hope that Congress takes an action that would preclude a challenge to the federal authority in a court of law. I want one state to legalize marijuana and then sue the federal government when the federal authorities violate their sovereignty. I want a legal decision, preferably one by the Supreme Court, which forever dispels the notion that the federal government's power and authority is limited only by what it determines those limits to be.

Once that is firmly reestablished we can get back to the business of strictly limiting the federal government to its actual authority instead of its self interpreted authority.

PrintSmith wrote: The reason it won't pass is that the federal government has determined that it has unlimited power to govern regarding domestic issues as well as foreign ones. It thinks the power of the state government is derived from the power of the federal government and completely subject to it according to its current whim.

If you believe the federal government has the power to allow or disallow a state to govern regarding domestic issues, then you would believe that it has the power to rescind the law it is now proposing at a later date.

Either the state has the sovereignty to decide the issue for itself or it does not. There is no middle ground.

Jefferson would be so proud......

Thank you for that compliment LJ - you made my day. :Thank You:

As soon as I remove my finger from my throat, I'll say 'you're welcome'....

I know - Jefferson was opposed to so many of the policies that current Democrats endorse. And for some strange reason they still want to give the impression that he founded their party. I can't begin to imagine why they wish to associate themselves with a man who repudiated everything they stand for, but they do.