Feds threatening to shut down marijuana festival, Cannabis Cup, in Las Vegas

[jmdrake]

Obama had the opportunity to decriminalize it but he didn't which was a big mistake IMO. The country is ripe to toss that prohibition into the dumpster.He could have been remembered for doing something positive for liberty.

All he did was say he would look the other way and not enforce, but never went out of his way to change the rules. That showed he really did not care about legalizing MJ as much as he did about disarming the people through backdoor regulations.

Obama sucked. But on this issue Trump sucks worse. It's no contest.

 

[jmdrake]

What does this have to do with state's rights? Fed over-reach? Absolutely. But if it is illegal under state and federal law, and the feds come in, then you can't really call it more than federal over-reach.

Dannno, quit defending Trump and learn to f'ing read! From the article!


"I am informed that the tribal council is moving forward with the planned marijuana event referred to as the 2017 High Times Cannabis Cup because it is under the impression that the so-called 'Cole Memorandum' and subsequent memoranda from the Department of Justice permit marijuana use, possession and distribution on tribal lands when the state law also permits it. Unfortunately, this is an incorrect interpretation of the Department's position on this issue."

The Cole Memorandum provides guidance to federal officials in states that have legalized marijuana in some form. In 2011, then-Deputy Attorney James Cole directed all U.S. attorneys to take into account local laws when looking at marijuana enforcement, which allowed officials to give lesser priority to marijuana crimes.

Another memo, the Guidance Memorandum, indicates that tribal governments and U.S. attorneys should consult government-to-government as issues arise.

"Nothing in the Guidance Memorandum or the Cole Memorandum alters the authority or jurisdiction of the United States to enforce federal law in Indian Country or elsewhere," Bogden wrote in the letter.

Get it Dannno? What the tribes were looking to do on tribal land is legal under Nevada state law but that's not good enough for the Trump administration.

 

[phill4paul]

What does this have to do with state's rights? Fed over-reach? Absolutely. But if it is illegal under state and federal law, and the feds come in, then you can't really call it more than federal over-reach.

I'd use the term "reach around." But, I suppose "over-reach" might work.

 

[CPUd]

Donald and his sidekick Roger Stone know how to deal with tribal matters.

http://documents.latimes.com/trump-personally-approved-ads-slamming-indian-tribe-could-be-good/