Comments on: Supreme Court rules on medical marijuana

By: Supreme Court expands eminent domain - Homeland Stupidity

Supreme Court expands eminent domain - Homeland Stupidity — Fri, 26 May 2006 22:35:45 +0000

[...] This isn’t the first bad decision to come out of the Supreme Court this month. In Raich v. Ashcroft the Court ruled that growing marijuana in your back yard for your own personal consumption qualifies as interstate commerce and therefore falls under the jurisdiction of Congress, even when the marijuana never crossed state lines, and never was bought or sold. [...]

By: Stare Decisis - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity

Stare Decisis - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 07:11:23 +0000

[...] Two well-known examples of Supreme Court mistakes from the last year include the Kelo v. New London eminent domain case and the Raich v. Gonzales medical marijuana case. [...]

By: Losing the Constitution - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity

Losing the Constitution - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 05:28:09 +0000

[...] My second example concerns federalism. Justice Louis Brandeis wrote in a famous opinion that federalism fosters “laboratories of democracy,” where policies can be tried in individual states and their good or poor results noted elsewhere. The growth of federal power has shuttered many of those laboratories. A federal government that can ban the personal use of medical marijuana grown right in your own backyard — which is plainly neither “interstate” nor “commerce,” yet was easily upheld by the Supreme Court last term — can do just about anything to blot out local policy choices. [...]

By: Marijuana persecutions reach all-time high - IO ERROR

Marijuana persecutions reach all-time high - IO ERROR — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:51:27 +0000

[...] In June, the Supreme Court screwed up by ruling that growing marijuana for personal consumption qualified as interstate commerce. Needless to say, the crackdowns began in earnest shortly thereafter. [...]

By: IO ERROR

IO ERROR — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 04:34:13 +0000

DEA begins marijuana crackdown in California

The Drug Enforcement Administration yesterday executed search warrants on three medical marijuana dispensaries, and 20 other residences, businesses and growing sites, leading to multiple arrests.
We will not turn a blind eye to serious and flagrant d…

By: IO ERROR » Supreme Court expands eminent domain

IO ERROR » Supreme Court expands eminent domain — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:16:53 +0000

[...] y reason and your land turned over to anybody for any purpose. This isn’t the first bad decision to come out of the Supreme Court this month. In Raich v. [...]

By: Tomas De Aquino

Tomas De Aquino — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 04:00:59 +0000

I want some. I hate politics. Really.