Comments | gonzolawyer: Gonzales v Raich

gonzolawyer

Gonzales v Raich - ugh

Jun 07, 2005 10:17

Supreme Court opinions in Gonzales v. Raich are on the web.This is a disgraceful, and yet unsurprising, step backward for the Supreme Court's federalism jurisprudence ( Read more... )

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kulawchick June 7 2005, 20:10:52 UTC

Remember, if medical marijuana is outlawed, only outlaws will have effective, safe long term pain relief!

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gonzolawyer June 7 2005, 21:55:02 UTC

You know, Thomas is the only real friend we have there.

Keep in mind, Thomas was completely on the wrong side of the Hamdi and Padilla cases, where only Scalia got it right.

We have no friends on the Supreme Court. Face it.

peamasii June 8 2005, 12:20:44 UTC

They apparently don't get any good weed in Supreme Court, so consequently they're incapable of appreciating its medical usage. :-) But if they got the facts they might try it for their own ailments:

http://www.medicalmarijuanaprocon.org/

Oh, and:
"a majority of justices wanted absolute proof that not a single gram of homegrown medicinal pot would ever make it into the illicit market"

In other words they want to protect the illicit market from lower-priced medicinal grade cannabis. I can understand their concern there, there's a lot of business riding on it. LOL

gonzolawyer June 8 2005, 15:18:03 UTC

In other words they want to protect the illicit market from lower-priced medicinal grade cannabis. I can understand their concern there, there's a lot of business riding on it. LOL

You know, sometimes I get the idea that Ruth Bader Ginsberg owns stock in a Mexican cartel!

scottsch June 7 2005, 23:57:52 UTC

doh!

It's good to see some educated analysis. Thanks.

selfishgene June 8 2005, 16:55:20 UTC

'The only surprise for me was the strength of O'Connor's opinion' - don't these jerks get interns to do most of the hard work?

gonzolawyer June 8 2005, 18:02:08 UTC

don't these jerks get interns to do most of the hard work?The latest issue of REASON has an interview with a guy who wrote a book about senile justices who let their law clerks (not interns) do all their work. He saved his worst vitriol for Blackmun ( ... )

Oh the evil hemp... mr_chatrat August 4 2005, 14:50:52 UTC

Don't those in the halls of power realise the constitution was written on paper made from the evil weed and the first flag of the Union was also made from that infernal plant. Are those national treasures to be declared evil as well? Imagine if they just said no back then.