"Medical Marijuana" Case

[Marty Lederman]

Sorry -- I don't think the links to the cert. papers came through on that
posting, for some reason.  They can be found on SCOTUSblog:

http://www.goldsteinhowe.com/blog/archive/2004_06_06_SCOTUSblog.cfm#108689351660286751

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marty Lederman" <marty.lederman at comcast.net>
To: <conlawprof at lists.ucla.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:54 PM
Subject: "Medical Marijuana" Case


>       Brief in Opposition in "Medical Marijuana" Case
>
>       The respondents have filed their Brief in Opposition in No. 03-145,
> Ashcroft v. Raich, urging the Court not to review the decision of the U.S.
> Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Question Presented in the
> Government's Petition is "[w]hether the Controlled Substances Act, 21
U.S.C.
> 801 et seq., exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause as applied
> to the intrastate cultivation and possession of marijuana for purported
> personal 'medicinal' use or to the distribution of marijuana without
charge
> for such use."
>
>       The Court will consider the petition in its (blockbuster) June 24th
> Conference, with a decision on the petition likely (but not guaranteed) on
> the 28th. The SG presumably will file a Reply Brief in support of the
> petition sometime in the next few days.
>
>
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