Colorado sued by neighboring states

desert dude

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The feds cannot commandeer the states to enforce laws not on their own books.

http://reason.com/blog/2014/12/18/oklahoma-and-nebraska-try-to-force-pot-p

Prohibitionists have been pushing this argument for years, but it will not get them what they want. As Deputy Attorney General James Cole explained to the Senate Judiciary Committee last year, the Justice Department decided against trying to block marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington after concluding that there was no viable legal strategy to stuff the buds back into the jar. It is well established that Congress cannot compel states to punish activities they decide should not be treated as crimes. Although the federal government might have more success in challenging a state's licensing, regulation, and taxation of marijuana businesses, Cole said, the upshot of such a victory would be a legal but completely unregulated market. Given the way the Supreme Court has interpreted the Commerce Clause with reference to the ban on marijuana, the feds might force Colorado and Washington to scrap their rules for growing and distributing marijuana. But they cannot constitutionally force Colorado and Washington to arrest, prosecute, and imprison marijuana growers and distributors.
 

NLXSK1

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I am too tired and lazy to look into the lawsuit. What are the other states asking for? I am going to guess they want a cut of the proceeds to pay for all this extra activity they say is occurring.

In that case, Fuk no...
 
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