White House: Feds will step up marijuana law enforcement
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Well ... there is an inconsistency. Federal law trumps state laws - we see that when the Fed says gays have to be allowed to marry, a states constitution saying its NOT allowed is trumped. And that is enforced by the Fed Govt. Then you see states passing legalized recreational pot in the face of Fed laws..... and its allowed. I think the Govt should get out of both. The state of Colorado can pass pot and gay marriage, Oklahoma can ban both - its whatever the people of those states wants. Fed Govt shouldn't be involved in either At least with this - there is consistency cnn.com/2017/02/23/politics/white-house...
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A ruling is NOT a Right There's a massive difference between accepting Supreme Court decisions no matter how bad I think they are and being in favor of overturning the will of the people who decided they want to choose what they can and can't put inside of their own bodies.
State of Arkansas has a constitutional Amendment saying marriage is between a man and woman. Its Constitutional in Arkansas, written down, passed by the people. Why isn't that valid? Its the will of the people, right? Its either the Govt places Federal laws above state laws, or they stay out of it. One way or the other - enforcing one while ignoring the other isn't acceptable.
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conservativecat Wrote: A ruling is NOT a Right Ummm - it is if the Supreme Court says it is. Somebody needs a civics lesson... conservativecat Wrote: State of Arkansas has a constitutional Amendment saying marriage is between a man and woman. Its Constitutional in Arkansas, written down, passed by the people. Why isn't that valid? Its the will of the people, right?
It was Constitutional in Arkansas before the Supreme Court overruled you. The people of Arkansas passed laws that prevented black people from peeing in the same bathroom or using the same water fountain as white people. And the people of Arkansas also passed laws that prevented black people from voting unless they paid a poll tax and passed a literacy test. Need I go on about the countless discriminatory laws your state has passed in recent memory? I hate to break it to you, but the will of the people in your state is pretty shitty when it comes to civil and human rights. Well, unless those civil and human rights are for straight, white people. You guys have really knocked it out of the park when it comes to that demographic. Sometimes a higher power like the Supreme Court needs to come in and teach you how (or should I say force you) to be decent human beings.
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TJ Wrote:Next, eliminating Medical marijuana uses. Sorry people who found relief. Profits aren't helping the right people. That first thing that came to mind was targeting states that did not go for Trump during the election. And if you think about, using his presidential power to influence specific states through punish\reward, would not surprise me. He's got around him people who are thinking differently\dirty about political warfare, and they are throwing out the rules of right\wrong. Their basic thinking is "If a tactic works, then it's right. If the tactic doesn't work, it's wrong. There is no moral evaluation". Hell, pulling\denying federal funds from states that didn't vote for him during the election very much could be on the table in terms of these new politics from Trump's Administration. If it were possible, you know he would love to trigger an economic depression limited to the state of California, and you could see him tweeting "See what happens to the stupid people of California, they didn't vote for me and now are in deep shit. Sorry, not my problem...call Mexico"
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Do ya'll see the contradictions ? Fed Law says no marijuana use, yet they do nothing when States pass constitutional laws allowing recreational pot use. Fed Law says you have to allow gays to marry, and they force States to undo their constitutional Amendments to match it. I guess the difference is the SC got involved but still there are other issues where States defy the Federal Govt and nobody says nothing, other times its enforced and demanded. Some consistency would be nice.
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conservativecat Wrote:Do ya'll see the contradictions ? Fed Law says no marijuana use, yet they do nothing when States pass constitutional laws allowing recreational pot use. Fed Law says you have to allow gays to marry, and they force States to undo their constitutional Amendments to match it. Some consistency would be nice. Sure, there are a lot of inconsistencies. It's my perception that each Administration sets those the priorities because there simply not enough resources to enforce everything, and political pressure not pursue specific issues. Now that Trump is president, he likely to flip many of those priorities. And we'll see politicians on both sides flip their arguments much like watching a bad debate class in high school, where they simply exchange their arguments.
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As you know by now, the "war on drugs" has been a disaster - but there IS hope for the future, due to the fact that Canada just legalized marijuana use earlier this year. One of the unexpected benefactors for the change in policy is a company that we all know very well - Marlboro: http://tohell-andback.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-marketing-genius-of-marlboro.html Friday's bombshell from Mueller is just a prelude to the next one (possibly involving Donald Jr.) that will apparently be released before Christmas. If Trump actually gets booted from office, that leaves us Mike Pence (at least temporarily) and his position on marijuana is just as backward as his other positions: https://www.weednews.co/republican-vp-pick-mike-pence-is-bad-news-on-marijuana-policy/ However, since it is rumored that he knows more about collusion with Russia than we know currently, President Peloski will finally bring us out of the Dark Ages about marijuana. 
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