The White House said Thursday it expects law enforcement agents to enforce federal marijuana laws when they come into conflict with states where recreational use of the drug is permitted. [More]And guess what that means.
Friday, February 24, 2017
A Mess of Pottage Redux
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Yes, Trump did commit to leaving the cannabis question to states to decide.
He also expressed a desire to restore Rule of Law, which evolved into a promise to be the "law and order president".
Law and order is not compatible with Rule of Law.
Law and order is what the Soviets and Nazis had, and what North Korea currently has.
Law and order is best suited to authoritarian systems of government, which the USA is trending towards.
Much of the muck of the swamp is directly the result of the War on *some* Drugs...
This idiotic domestic war is the prime culprit responsible for the shredding of Rule of Law and the Bill of Rights.
The 4th Amendment no longer applies in instances where police dogs 'alert' to the supposed presence of drugs, courts having decided that the often inaccurate sniff of a dogs nose abrogates the warrant requirement.
The war on folks wishing to use substances not approved by nanny government has led to the militarization of police and ever more brutal behavior by officers; the conversion of courts from halls of justice into mass production conviction mills that fed the disgusting spectacle of private prisons-for-profit.
Obama bid little good, but he did issue an EO to eliminate DOJ use of these profitable misery warehouses.
President Trump has indicated his intent to ramp up the War on *some* Drugs, with an apparent emphasis on prohibition of cannabis for relaxation while allowing medicinal use. Such nonsense calls into question what sort of -thinking- is actually happening between the new President's ears.
President Trump just issued an EO to reverse Obama's EO ending privatized federal prisons
Whether one likes police or not, they are the support troops of the swamp, and you can make a safe bet they will obey just about any order emanating from those issuing their paychecks.
President Trump has met with a gaggle of county Sheriffs, who were whining and moaning about proposed Texas restrictions on their ability to self-fund sans oversight through the process of state theft known as asset forfeiture, invented by corrupt judges writing fiction. Trump was totally supportive of police use of this means of stealing the private property belonging to others even if not charged or convicted of criminal acts.
Police agencies addicted to stolen loot via asset forfeiture prioritize drug crime because of the profit incentive...
Meanwhile, missing children number close to half a million.
That cops are out to conduct greedy legalized theft rather than address real crime is an abomination.
Is there no limit to the amount of corrupt governmental bullcrap that Americans will tolerate?
Previous comment is right on.
"The war on folks wishing to use substances not approved by nanny government has led to the militarization of police and ever more brutal behavior by officers; the conversion of courts from halls of justice into mass production conviction mills”
It’s not just the War on Drugs. It’s every “victimless” crime, including “technical” gun law violations among others.
When the only victim is “the state” (which, by the way, never actually gets damaged), then the state always has to invent extra-constitutional tactics for enforcement, because there are never any actual victim/complainant/witnesses to press an actual claim for actual damage.
No victim, no crime!
Post a Comment