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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Sun Dec 20, 2015, 07:14 AM Dec 2015

Obama Administration to Justices: Reject Marijuana Lawsuit

Well--good for them!

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/17/1461208/-Obama-Administration-to-Justices-Reject-Marijuana-Lawsuit

..the Obama administration is urging the Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit from Nebraska and Oklahoma that seeks to declare Colorado's pot legalization unconstitutional.

The Justice Department's top courtroom lawyer [ Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr.] said in a brief filed Wednesday that the interstate dispute over a measure approved by Colorado voters in 2012 does not belong at the high court.

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Obama Administration to Justices: Reject Marijuana Lawsuit (Original Post) eridani Dec 2015 OP
OK and NB tried to get Kansas to join the lawsuit mountain grammy Dec 2015 #1
haha pot is Satans gateway drug Backwoodsrider Dec 2015 #2

mountain grammy

(27,235 posts)
1. OK and NB tried to get Kansas to join the lawsuit
Sun Dec 20, 2015, 09:08 AM
Dec 2015

but Kansas is broke. Maybe Brownback needs some cannabis cash ....

Backwoodsrider

(764 posts)
2. haha pot is Satans gateway drug
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 11:15 AM
Dec 2015

unless it brings money into a states general fund then polititions cover their eyes with 1 hand and reach out for the cash with the other. personally I am enjoying my county commisioners but think some of my city council, the Oregon legislature and stiff suits go through a major case of cognitive dissonance

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