Victory for Federalism on Medical Marijuana (and related to Raich)

[Ilya Somin]

It would, I think, be more accurate to say that political safeguards don't ALWAYS fail. But of course that is true for every other restriction on government power embedded in the Constitution. 

Also, as Nelson points out, it remains to be seen how far the new Administration will actually go towards carrying out its campaign promises on this issue.

Ilya Somin
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So political safeguards work?

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"Drug Enforcement Administration agents this week raided four medical marijuana shops in California, contrary to President Obama's campaign promises to stop the raids.

The White House said it expects those kinds of raids to end once Mr. Obama nominates someone to take charge of DEA, which is still run by Bush administration holdovers.

"The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and as he continues to appoint senior leadership to fill out the ranks of the federal government, he expects them to review their policies with that in mind," White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said."

http://www.mpp.org/states/california/news/ca/dea-continues-pot-raids-obama.html

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