Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. announced yesterday, October 15th, that the Federal government would
States' rights have been a bitterly disputed issue (need I recall the Civil War that broke out primarily over it). Though our omniscient Founding Fathers omitted any clear definition of the relationship between the Federal government and its constituent states, Article 4 section 4 of the Constitution unambiguously states that "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government". What, I ask, is more indicative of a republican government than the government being, in the words of Abe Lincoln (with a strong dose of irony), of the people, for the people, and by the people? Quashing a Californian referendum favoring the legalization of marijuana would violate the governing principle of our Republic: the rights of the states but moreover their constituents to govern by consensus. Defending the Controlled Substances Act against the will of the State of California and its citizens is nothing short of unconstitutional.
For more information about Proposition 19, visit www.yeson19.com or their Facebook page (address above).
"vigorously enforce the CSA against those individuals and organizations that possess, manufacture or distribute marijuana for recreational use, even if such activities are permitted under state law."It wouldn't make a difference whether this was about the buddha or bourbon, abortion or official languages. The Obama administration's, specifically the Department of Justice's, treatment of California's potential (or probable) ratification of Proposition 19 carries enormous significance for states' rights in the Union. Blocking the implementation of a Californian plebiscite by Washington would constitute a gross violation of core American principles.
States' rights have been a bitterly disputed issue (need I recall the Civil War that broke out primarily over it). Though our omniscient Founding Fathers omitted any clear definition of the relationship between the Federal government and its constituent states, Article 4 section 4 of the Constitution unambiguously states that "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government". What, I ask, is more indicative of a republican government than the government being, in the words of Abe Lincoln (with a strong dose of irony), of the people, for the people, and by the people? Quashing a Californian referendum favoring the legalization of marijuana would violate the governing principle of our Republic: the rights of the states but moreover their constituents to govern by consensus. Defending the Controlled Substances Act against the will of the State of California and its citizens is nothing short of unconstitutional.
For more information about Proposition 19, visit www.yeson19.com or their Facebook page (address above).
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