Sessions Boosts Forfeiture and Mandatory Minimums but Lets Pot Prohibition Collapse
Could the contrast have something to do with his boss's policy preferences?
Could the contrast have something to do with his boss's policy preferences?
Mike Lee makes the argument in favor, as he tries to steer the president toward the devolution of power
Rep. Justin Amash breaks from party and rejects both bills, citing constitutional violations.
A medical marijuana provider unsuccessfully argues that improper jury instructions made his conviction invalid.
States could set their own rules for meat that's processed and sold within their own borders.
Puerto Rican statehood is an opportunity to redefine American federalism.
The bipartisan CARERS Act prohibits federal prosecution of patients and providers who comply with state law.
Missouri's governor has called a special session to try to override the ordinance. Here's what libertarians need to know.
But the appeals court rejected claims against state and local officials who regulate marijuana businesses.
In an unprecedented move, it wants them to assist in border patrol.
They'll let states enact their own guest-worker programs.
And it does not involve a big, beautiful wall
A signing statement suggests the president may ignore a congressional rider protecting patients' access to cannabis.
Fear of provoking a federal crackdown prompts a retreat.
Roger Stone says the president should reject his attorney general's "outmoded thinking on marijuana."
State still wants to keep cities from adding to antidiscrimination protections.
The memo leaves plenty of room for a crackdown on the newly legal cannabis industry.
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.
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