Bond v. United States and Federal Guns Laws

[Quser.619]

How much you want to bet that some pro marijuana group is already planning their suit against Federal Drug laws for medical marijuana. Well after the brownies that is...

Funny, I can't imagine that using this ruling in over-turning ridiculous Federal firearms laws will be as unanimous in decision if any case utilizing this ruling ever makes it to the SCOTUS

[sholling]

How much you want to bet that some pro marijuana group is already planning their suit against Federal Drug laws for medical marijuana. Well after the brownies that is...

Let's hope not. While the 4 conservatives and the centrist would likely be sympathetic to a lawsuit against guns laws - like the gun free school zone, their anti-drug prejudices would leave them far too tempted rule against the the 10th Amendment in a drug case.

[ChuangTzu]

That already happened with Raich. Standing wasn't controversial, but the medical marijuana case was tried and lost. It was one of those "by not participating in interstate commerce, you are affecting interstate commerce" cases...

[ddestruel]

lots of potential both ways if this case is used properly to bolster the right arguments many federal over-reaches could fall but i suspect it will be handled prematurely and bad rulings will weaken the potential uses of this case

[Funtimes]

Seems like this could set the stage for a destruction of Federal GFSZ', and a slew of other laws and regulations.

[kcbrown]

The concurring opinion is particularly juicy:


Wow. The environment suddenly just got a lot more target-rich.