Cannabis, Compassion and the Tenth Amendment
Kansas, New York and other states are looking to the principle of interposition, enshrined in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, and the sovereignty reserved under the 10th Amendment to protect their patients and caregivers from Federal prosecution in their foolhardy “War on Drugs.”
New York Assembly Asserts Sovereignty over Marriage
The New York State Assembly has asserted State Sovereignty by approving measure (A07732) to allow same-sex marriages.
The measure, from Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell, passed by a margin of 89 to 52, including the backing of five Republicans. in the state’s lower house, where Democrats have a comfortable majority. A similar bill passed in the same assembly by an 85-61 vote in 2007.
