cannabisnews.com: Courting Medical Marijuana Courting Medical Marijuana Posted by CN Staff on July 02, 2004 at 13:32:32 PT Commentary Source: Orange County Register The U.S. Supreme Court seldom explains why it decides which cases it takes, so it is hard to know why it agreed to hear an appeal from a key 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on medical marijuana last December. Whatever the reasons, the high court will face a fascinating dilemma.In Raich v. Ashcroft last year, the 9th Circuit found that the federal government had no authority to arrest or prosecute two medical marijuana patients, Angel Raich of Oakland and Diane Monson of Oroville, and the two anonymous caregivers who supplied them with cannabis. The reason? The patients get their cannabis without buying it or crossing state borders and obtain it in compliance with state law. Therefore there is no interstate commerce going on, and without interstate commerce the federal government has no justification to interfere with their medical regimen.As a result of the 9th Circuit decision, other courts have effectively ended what looked like a concerted campaign by the U.S. Justice Department to subvert California's medical marijuana law by arresting patients. Snipped: Complete Article: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/court.htmSource: Orange County Register, The (CA)Published: Friday, July 2, 2004Copyright: 2004 The Orange County RegisterContact: letters ocregister.comWebsite: http://www.ocregister.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:Raich vs. Ashcroft http://www.angeljustice.org/Angel Raich v. John Ashcroft Newshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/raich.htmTranscript: Supreme Court & MMJhttp://freedomtoexhale.com/kampia.htmMedical Marijuana: A Nation Gone To Pot? http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19121.shtmlProtecting Patients' Rights http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19104.shtmlCourt To Decide if Anti-Drug Laws Apply http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19095.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #2 posted by global_warming on July 02, 2004 at 15:54:39 PT high court will face a fascinating dilemma. "The Justice Department asked urgently for an appeal to the Supreme Court."The walls come tumbling down, taking the pharma industry into reality, for there is only so much blood, the people can give, along with the pressing taxations, inordinate invasions, corrupted lawyers, law enforcement, and politicians, the gravy train is a coming to an abrubt halt, good people are jumping off this train of greed and folly.There is a new day dawning, a day when "justice" will not be shadowed by the greedy userpers of humanity.Peace GW [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by mayan on July 02, 2004 at 14:03:20 PT Prime Mover? Sorry if this has been posted but police in Nova Scotia have found 83 kilograms of cocaine on a ship that is owned by Prime Minister Paul Martin's sons...Nova Scotia police seize cocaine on CSL ship: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1088698898525_84108098/?hub=CTVNewsAt11Cocaine found on ship owned by PM's sons: http://tinyurl.com/3xrqnThe way out is the way in...9/11 - The Basic Questions & 9/11 Related Articles: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/9-11BasicQuestions.htmlMichael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 Doesn't Go Far Enough: http://www.counterbias.com/065.html9/11 Prior Knowledge/Government Involvement Archive: http://www.propagandamatrix.com/archiveprior_knowledge.html [ Post Comment ] Post Comment