They claim that, since the use of marijuana is illegal under federal law, Colorado must comply with the federal rule.
However, the Constitution's supremacy clause makes federal law superior to state law only in cases where the federal law is based on specific issues enumerated in the Constitution itself.
The Constitution does not grant power to the federal government to dictate what substances people can put in their bodies.
Therefore, Colorado is within its lawful rights to legalize marijuana. Oklahoma and Nebraska have asked the Supreme Court to rule on this matter..
Now the fate of Colorado’s legalization law is up to THESE voters.
But if those nine judges in Washington, D.C. decide in Nebraska and Oklahoma’s favor, the votes of 1,291,771 Coloradoans will be null and void..
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