States' Rights Defense Falters in Medical ...
30-November-2004, United States, The New York Times
The effort by advocates of the medical use of marijuana to link their cause to the Supreme Court's federalism revolution appeared headed for failure at the court on Monday.
During a lively argument, the justices expressed little inclination to ...
Marijuana as medicine a decision for doctors
29-November-2004, United States, The Republican
The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case that will determine whether patients in 11 states may use marijuana for medical purposes, in violation of a federal ban on marijuana.
Opponents say it contributes to crime, sets a bad example ...
Preserving the Power of Congress
29-November-2004, United States, The New York Times
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today in a case involving two important, but very different, legal issues: medical marijuana and federalism. Two California women have sued the federal government to stop it from prosecuting them for using ...
John Ashcroft, hero of religious right, quits ...
10-November-2004, United States, The Independent
The US attorney general John Ashcroft, a right-wing evangelical who has been a lightning rod for critics of the Bush administration, announced his resignation last night.
In a five-page handwritten letter to President George Bush, Mr Ashcroft, ...
Drug dealers go ride-less under new law
27-October-2004, United States, TownOnline.com
Look out, drug dealers, because you may lose your car thanks to a recently signed ordinance of the Boston City Council. Sponsored by Rob Consalvo, the ordinance became law on Oct. 13 after Mayor Thomas M. Menino signed it; the ordinance allows ...
California Initiative to Rein-In Three-Strikes ...
22-October-2004, United States, DRC
Ten years ago, California voters frightened by violent crime and led by politicians who manipulated that fear voted to enact what is popularly known as the three-strikes-you're-out law. Under three-strikes, persons with two previous violent or ...
Federal Judge Rules Cops Can Lie on the Stand
22-October-2004, United States, DRC
We've all heard about the "drug exception" to the Fourth Amendment, but what about the "drug exception" to the laws governing perjury? According to a Sunday report in the Knoxville (Tennessee) Sentinel-News, that may be okay, too. US District Court ...
Accused cocaine dealers could lose homes, ...
21-October-2004, United States, The News Item
WILLIAMSPORT — A Coal Township man and a Sunbury resident, who were among seven defendants indicated in August as part of a grand investigation into a drug ring that stretches from Northumberland County to the West Coast, are in danger of having ...
Mandatory time doesn't fit the crime
21-October-2004, United States, Central Florida Future
In the game of Monopoly there is a space on the board that says "Go directly to jail."
There is something very similar to this in the game of life, mandatory minimum sentences. Get busted trafficking drugs, go directly to jail. No complaints or ...
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