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Question for the historically minded folks here - Has there ever been a situation where a bunch of states decided that making something legal (or conversely ill
by sophacles 12y ago
Question for the historically minded folks here - Has there ever been a situation where a bunch of states decided that making something legal (or conversely illegal) against the federal government's position, cause a change in federal policy? How did that work? Can lessons from that apply now to the marijuana debate, amongst others, in the US?
- forsaken 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States#Development_of_the_prohibition_movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_State...
- ghaff 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law When the US passed the 55 mph speed limit, it was generally ignored by motorists and wasn't really enforced by a lot of states--and it was eventually repealed. Key difference though is that the feds never had enforcement authority unlike the case with the DEA.