What the Supreme Court Weed-and-Guns Ruling Means for People Already Convicted
The Supreme Court just ruled you can’t lose your gun rights for smoking weed. The real test is what happens to the people already locked up under that law. One of them gets out July 15. When the Supreme Court ruled last week that you can’t lose your gun rights just for smoking weed, it […]
The Trump DOJ Said Weed Smokers Were Too Dangerous To Own Guns. All 9 Supreme Court Justices Disagreed.
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled the government can’t strip your gun rights just because you smoke weed, and Justice Neil Gorsuch used the government’s own rescheduling to twist the knife. Here is the short version. You can smoke weed every other day and still legally own a gun. The Supreme Court said so on June […]
Massachusetts Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Marijuana Legalization Rollback Ballot Initiative
“The proposed measure does not place voters in ‘the untenable position of casting a single vote on two or more dissimilar subjects.’” By Chris Lisinski, CommonWealth Beacon A controversial push to revoke recreational marijuana legalization remains on track to be decided by voters after the state’s highest court on Friday rejected a legal challenge seeking […]
Anti-Marijuana Groups And Pharma Company Ask Court To Revive Lawsuit Challenging Medicare Hemp Coverage Program
A coalition of anti-marijuana groups and a cannabis-focused biopharmaceutical corporation are asking a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration initiative to cover up to $500 worth of hemp-derived products each year for eligible Medicare patients. Last month, Judge Trevor N. McFadden dismissed the challenge to […]
New Jersey Police Fired For Off-Duty Marijuana Use Still Haven’t Been Reinstated Despite Court Ruling In Their Favor
“We thought they were going to come in and do the right thing, and they’re not. They’re doubling down, and they’re lying about it, which is even worse.” By Sophie Nieto-Muñoz, New Jersey Monitor A state appellate court earlier this month sided with two Jersey City cops who say they shouldn’t have been fired for […]