The Obamacare repeal bill landed with a thud, but the idea of pushing more Medicaid decision-making to the state level is likely to stick.
The attorney general's private assurances, like his public threats, are vague and noncommittal.
A new CEI paper argues that states should be free to decriminalize March Madness wagers.
If Jeff Sessions tries to shut down state-licensed cannabusinesses, he will betray his own principles.
The attorney general ties legalization to violence, interstate smuggling, underage consumption, and health hazards.
John Hickenlooper, who is "getting close" to concluding that legalization is better than prohibition, says he has a duty to resist federal interference.
A DOJ crackdown on state-licensed cannabusinesses would be contrary to public opinion, Trump's promises, and the Constitution.
After years of using cries of "federalism!" to challenge the Obama administration, the tone, predictably, has shifted to one of cooperation and opportunity.
Trump's executive order is toothless
The block grant provides an opportunity for government spending unconnected to the act of revenue-raising.
On education, health care, and infrastructure, the Trump administration and Republican Congress should free the states to do more.
The hit Broadway musical was all that was wrong with 2016, and will likely be wrong with 2017, too.
The next attorney general could crack down on state-licensed cannabusinesses without changing the State Department's official position.
His Department of Justice prosecuted legal marijuana growers in the Golden State, but that was totally different!
The president plans to do something about it "as a private citizen."
By choosing a diehard prohibitionist for attorney general, the president-elect casts doubt on his commitment to marijuana federalism.
Yesterday voters made marijuana legal in four more states and approved medical access in four others.
The independent conservative ticket is threatening in Utah with a message of local control and the notion that "all men and women are created equal."
A raid last month targeted a vendor who was selling chili at a farmers market.
Efforts to track decertified cops are stymied by police union pressure and local control.
Remove the Libertarian and there goes fiscal sanity, federalism, and free speech.
They want "a reasoned pathway for future legalization," while Republicans can't even support limited medical use.
Do they plan to kill the Charleston shooter twice?
The two states want to join appeals filed by landowners and sheriffs.
"The people of Colorado have the right to make the decision," he tells reporters in Denver.
Where other conservatives see cannabis chaos, Mike Ritze sees a victory for federalism.
"Does anybody trust anybody that's high to do anything?" the MSNBC host wonders.
Perturbed by smuggling, the two states had demanded an end to their neighbor's licensing and regulation of marijuana merchants.
Cases involving drug prohibition reveal the late justice's fickle fidelity to the Fourth Amendment and federalism.
Drug cases show the late justice's fickle fidelity to the Fourth Amendment and federalism.
Marijuana federalists lead the GOP race, while the most pugilistic prohibitionist is stuck in single digits.
Chris Christie, the most pugilistic prohibitionist in the race, remains stuck in single digits.
Oklahoma and Nebraska say legal marijuana is like state-authorized pollution.
The Kentucky senator says "there's no real reason to have a federal rule on that."
Forsaking federalism, Oklahoma and Nebraska demand that Colorado stop regulating the cannabis industry.
The Texas governor suggests nine amendments "to restore the rule of law."
Some observers got carried away when Congress renewed the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment.
Contrary to what you may have heard, the federal ban has not been lifted.
The Obama administration says Nebraska and Oklahoma have not described a genuine controversy with Colorado.
As in 2014, the omnibus spending pill includes pro-pot and anti-pot amendments.
Allowing states to issue their own guest worker visas will enhance national security and economy.
Major-party candidates who opposed pot prohibition before Bernie Sanders
But he has had a bigger impact than the others.
The bill, the first of its kind in the Senate, would let states decide whether to ban or regulate marijuana.
Repealing the national ban is a logical implication of federalism.
At least eight of the remaining 15 candidates think the feds should not interfere with state legalization.
Thanks to a spending rider, California's oldest dispensary can reopen.
Why legalized marijuana is not "the same as Kim Davis"
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