Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Colorado’s marijuana law
They’ll keep trying to stop legalization, but they’ll fail.
Click here for reuse options!Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr., the federal government’s top appellate lawyer, urged the justices to refuse to hear the case.
“Nebraska and Oklahoma essentially contend,” he wrote, “that Colorado’s authorization of licensed intrastate marijuana production and distribution increases the likelihood that third parties will commit criminal offenses in Nebraska and Oklahoma by bringing marijuana purchased from licensed entities in Colorado into those states. But they do not allege that Colorado has directed or authorized any individual to transport marijuana into their territories in violation of their laws.”
Both Mr. Verrilli and Colorado officials added that Nebraska and Oklahoma could pursue their objections in a more conventional suit, filed in a federal trial court.
The Supreme Court did not explain why it declined to hear the case. Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., dissented, saying the court was required to hear it.
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Suzanne McFly March 21st, 2016 at 13:14
We could save hundreds of thousands if not millions if we quit prosecuting cases where they list this drug as a crime and we would make millions and eventually billions in taxing it after it becomes legal. It seems pathetic that we are discussing this in 2016.
Mike March 21st, 2016 at 13:55
h̶u̶n̶d̶r̶e̶d̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶u̶s̶a̶n̶d̶s̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶m̶i̶l̶l̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶ Make that Billions
Suzanne McFly March 21st, 2016 at 14:01
I know, there are certain things (few and far between) I am conservative about, if I don’t have proof before me that will support an idea I am proposing, I say a number that cannot be disputed.
Mike March 21st, 2016 at 14:29
The war on pot costs $10-20 billion a year when you add up cops, courts, and corrections. Then we have the added problem of militarizing the police so now they are better armed than our troops and are waging a war against their only enemy…us.
Suzanne McFly March 21st, 2016 at 14:33
That money could fund programs that would help our neediest citizens get the education they want in the fields we are need of for employees. Our entire country would benefit, not just a few who own these for profit prisons.
The Original Just Me March 21st, 2016 at 16:13
Now you sound like a clear, level headed, thinking person. Somewhere out there, not too far, is a Republican cone-head that will dispute your statement. :+)
Suzanne McFly March 21st, 2016 at 16:32
I know but I have facts that support my ideas and they have hate to support theirs.
The Original Just Me March 21st, 2016 at 23:10
Facts, Facts, Facts, I’m trying to look that word up in the Republican Proper Dictionary but it doesn’t seem to be showing up anywhere. :+)
Suzanne McFly March 22nd, 2016 at 11:21
You can find the term “facts” under “republican lies”, that is what they use to defeat facts and their base eats it up.
The Original Just Me March 23rd, 2016 at 04:25
Lies, half-truths, twisted facts, or just plain Propaganda. :+)
The Original Just Me March 21st, 2016 at 16:10
But what would Fred the Republican Politician’s brother-in-law do for a job if he couldn’t be a probation Officer. ?
The Original Just Me March 21st, 2016 at 16:07
But the Republican Business Men would lose a large source of income. Check the number of Mexican workers being rotated on dairies in Idaho. Around and Around they go. To Mexico and back.
Patty K. March 21st, 2016 at 13:23
Hurry up and make it legal, for medicinal purposes of course…
Suzanne McFly March 21st, 2016 at 13:25
Yeah of course lol.
rg9rts March 21st, 2016 at 13:53
LMAO…don’t Bogart that joint pal
Mike March 21st, 2016 at 13:54
Let them argue it out in the lower courts for a while … I’m not sure NE or OK have any real case at all…it’s all conjecture.
rg9rts March 21st, 2016 at 13:56
They are still doing corn silk there
The Original Just Me March 21st, 2016 at 16:03
Aren’t those two states where Mary Jane grows wild in the Borrow pits alongside of the road ?
rg9rts March 21st, 2016 at 17:23
Just out side Omaha……PASTURES OF PLENTY
The Original Just Me March 21st, 2016 at 23:14
I have drove across Nebraska, and Kansas a few times in my life. I always scheduled that part of the trip in the middle of the night so as not to miss anything interesting. :+)
tracey marie March 21st, 2016 at 15:03
Wait, I thought the rwnj states and people were all about states rights.
The Original Just Me March 21st, 2016 at 16:02
Only when those rights are expressed and approved by the Republican Party and apparently, now days, the NRA. I didn’t know the NRA was a branch of out government by McConnell says they have to approve Supreme Court Justices now.
John_St_John March 21st, 2016 at 17:09
Troglodytes who keep trying to undo Colorado’s and Washington’s success just do not understand the meaning of social change for the betterment of all.
whatthe46 March 21st, 2016 at 23:47
not until they find a way to line their pockets with some of that green.
William March 21st, 2016 at 23:37
Well maybe these so called “Judges” will think differently when their kids come home gay from sharing a dirty pot needle.
The pot…not even once.
whatthe46 March 21st, 2016 at 23:46
ok. didn’t choke off and “liquids” this time, but i did just choke on a “hot tamales” candy. damnit, that’s even worse. i laughed so hard!
William March 22nd, 2016 at 08:39
Thanx.
amersham46 March 22nd, 2016 at 12:05
cool man