SCOTUS Denies Certiorari to Dispensary Owner Seeking Citizenship (UPDATED) January 10, 2024 Tom Hymes Federal, Interstate Commerce, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Lost among the many, many cases denied certiorari by the United States Supreme Court in its order list for the week of Monday, January 8, 2024 was Reimers V. U.S. Citizen & Immigration Services, a case the plaintiff was desperately… Read More→
Here’s how much marijuana you’d need to be eligible for the death penalty under federal law March 28, 2018 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Last week Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo encouraging federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for certain drug trafficking offenses. Federal law allows for capital punishment in drug trafficking cases involving murder or homicide. But the attorney general… Read More→
Irony of Ironies, Christie uses Cannabis Argument to push for legal Sports Betting in NJ December 5, 2017 Rob Meagher New Jersey 0 Comments Odds Drop on Sports-Betting Ban As Supreme Court Hears New Jersey Case At the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, the justices signaled they may be prepared to strike down the federal ban on sports betting. Enacted 25 years ago, the… Read More→
Arkansas Supreme Court Tosses Medical Marijuana Proposal After Thousands Have Already Voted October 28, 2016 AggregatedNews Arkansas 1 Comment The Arkansas Supreme Court has disqualified a medical marijuana proposal from the November ballot less than two weeks before the election and with thousands of votes already cast, but voters will still be able to consider a competing plan. In a… Read More→
Marijuana Won’t Be On The Ballot In Michigan This Fall After Supreme Court Denies Appeal September 9, 2016 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments The Michigan Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal Wednesday to attorneys for the MI Legalize group, making it all but certain that November ballots in Michigan won’t include a marijuana question. The state Supreme Court refused to accept the emergency appeal… Read More→
Montana Supreme Court Delays Medical Marijuana Restrictions April 26, 2016 AggregatedNews Montana, Policy & Legal 0 Comments The state Supreme Court said Monday it will delay enforcement of the severe medical marijuana restrictions it has upheld until Aug. 31. In February, the court ruled in favor of provisions of a 2011 state law that limited medical marijuana… Read More→
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Colorado’s Marijuana Law March 21, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a conservative challenge to the marijuana legalization laws adopted in Colorado and elsewhere that permit adults to buy, sell or use one ounce of the drug. By a 6-2 vote, the justices turned away a… Read More→
U.S. Supreme Court Set to Hear Pivotal Marijuana Legalization Case Today February 19, 2016 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments The Supreme Court of the United States — minus the late Justice Scalia — is set to take up the hot-button issue of marijuana legalization today in a highly watched case. The SCOTUS is hearing a challenge to Colorado legalization from two… Read More→