Former DEA heads unite against California plan to legalize marijuana

[johnbobit]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co...ia-plan-to-legalize-marijuana/?iref=allsearch

what the shit is a "federal "supremacy clause"". Does that mean the government can bring back slavery? I didn't use slavery because I am racist I use it because that was a huge state vs federal thing, I mean hey we even had a war over it.

 

[SpasticGramps]

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

Good summation of the supremacy clause...

Federal supremacy and preemption refers to the idea that all state and local laws must not conflict with federal law. If there is a conflict, the federal law is considered the supreme law and it always supersedes the state or local law.

An example would be if there was no state law prohibiting the dumping of toxic waste into a river, but there are federal laws prohibiting water pollution, then the federal law would take precedence and the dumping has to be stopped and the river has to be cleaned up.

The only way to effectively overcome federal supremacy is to demonstrate that the federal law is in itself unconstitutional and therefore illegal. In that case, the federal law would be struck down by the court, and the state law would be the authority.

The one thing the dumbasses from the DEA fail to mention the Constitution does not give Federal authorities the power to decide what we can and cannot put into our body.

We the people are supposed to have the unalienable right to pursue happiness. The Drug War is unconstitutional in that aspect as is the mandate of the DEA.

Nowadays the Supremacy Clause is used as an excuse to extended the Federal death grip of power. "All for me and none for you" is more like it.