Gonzales v. Raich is not really relevant anymore, because while it establishes that Congress has the power to regulate marijuana in the states, Congress has alr

Gonzales v. Raich is not really relevant anymore, because while it establishes that Congress has the power to regulate marijuana in the states, Congress has already passed a law forbidding enforcement of federal marijuana prohibition in states with legal medical marijuana. > The states that legalized marijuana could only do so because Obama is personally tolerant of it. Had he not been, he could have directed federal authorities to enforce the federal ban on marijuana - federal laws trump local ones. Obama did direct federal authorities to enforce the federal ban on marijuana. Obama's administration raided more medical marijuana dispensaries either Bush or Clinton[0]. Congress even passed a law explicitly stripping the executive branch of the power to do so, and Obama ignored that[1]. He did pull his foot off the gas pedal (so to speak) a bit in his second term, but not entirely - the raids have continued through this past year[2]. [0] https://www.greenrushdaily.com/2016/02/24/dispensary-raids-rise-obama-regime/ https://www.greenrushdaily.com/2016/02/24/dispensary-raids-r... [1] http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2016/04/obama_s_medical_marijuana_prosecutions_probably_aren_t_legal.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudenc... [2] https://www.theweedblog.com/despite-reforms-federal-medical-marijuana-raids-continue-in-south-lake-tahoe/ https://www.theweedblog.com/despite-reforms-federal-medical-...