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Maybe I'm just too much a cynic, but any time I see a state trying to buck a federal law, I picture a special interest who thought their money would go further
by jeffool 15y ago
Maybe I'm just too much a cynic, but any time I see a state trying to buck a federal law, I picture a special interest who thought their money would go further purchasing favor with legislative officials at the state level rather than the federal.
Not that I disagree with you too much about this particular battle... Just that cynicism shining through my attempt to quelch it.
- scott_s 15y agoActually, I think matwood brought up an excellent point about California. Their laws on marijuana are the only example I'm aware of where the state very clearly made laws that contradicted federal laws, and the federal authorities have just let it slide. If the federal government wanted to, they could make an issue out it. But they have not.
- ck2 15y agoDon't the feds routinely still bust people in CA?