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Re: Medical Marijuana
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 23 Nov 2001 18:10:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> Does your supreme court agree with that view? I hear not.
Depends on the court we are talking about. The current court has done all
kinds of crazy things with our rights. That the power of the single state
is losing ground to the idea of a single nation in an era of "globalization"
is hardly surprising. Not good, but not surprising...
It is sad that the Supreme Court can so completely be used this way, but
there it is. It swings to and fro. We are now in an era of "conservatism" --
or ramrodding all kinds of Republican bilge down the people's throats (to
semi-mix my metaphors).
-- Hop-Frog
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| But does your constitution not give you supreme court the right to do “all kinds of crazy things” with your rights? By the way, I was talking about this story: US outlaws 'medical' marijuana (URL) A (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I must confess that this has always puzzled me. Why are "states" preferable to a single state? I can certainly understand how in earlier times the limits of communications and geography necessitated the subdivision of the nation, but this no (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Right. And I take my read on what's constitutional from what the founding fathers *intended*, not from what the current supreme court says about the matter. As I've said before, many times, effectively answering the question posed. As an (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Yes. I think it is somebody’s idea of a joke. (...) No. (...) Does your supreme court agree with that view? I hear not. (...) Even if you are correct (I do not intend to check), your initial summary was misleading. Scott A (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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