California Cannabis Coalition v City of Upland
I recently sat down with Matt Read, the Policy Director for Sacramento City Council Member Steve Hansen, to discuss a very interesting California Supreme Court case – California Cannabis Coalition v. City of Upland. As Matt points out in the interview, the case
Under Prop 64, city and county governments will be able to ban almost all cannabis activity except for personal cultivation of up to six plants in an enclosed structure and consumption, both by an adult at least 21 years old. Otherwise, local governments in California are free to restrict cannabis businesses from
Protecting Free Speech with Shelby Emmett
I recently sat down with Shelby Emmett, the Director of the Center to Protect Free Speech at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC, for short). Shelby, and the Center to Protect Free speech are based in Arlington, VA.
When it comes to
When California voters passed Prop 64 in the November 2016 election, they legalized the use and possession of recreational cannabis. This may sound simple, but the decriminalization and legalization of a previously illicit substance requires an intensive regulatory scheme. Prop 64 authorizes three main state agencies to promulgate cannabis regulations: The Bureau
With the federal indictments of former Trump campaign officials, the President’s pardon power – which he has tweeted about and used, to exonerate Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio – is again in the news. While questions exist as to the scope of the President’s power, like whether he can pardon himself,
When you think of the right to vote, you probably think about state laws. But cities and towns make laws that control the right to vote, too. Did you know that “in November 2016, Berkeley, California decided to lower the voting age to sixteen for its school board elections and San Francisco
Marijuana law is one of the fastest-growing areas of the law in most states throughout the country. California is no exception, particularly since the state’s voters passed Proposition 64 in the November 2016 election, legalizing recreational use of marijuana for adult users. Since then, the state
The Controlled Substances Act (CSA), signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1970, is the main federal statute regulating possession and use of certain substances, such as heroin, LSD, and cocaine. The CSA has five “schedules” that rank these substances based on three main attributes: the drug’s potential for
Congress has the power to regulate how guns are sold at gun shows, or to prohibit gun show sales entirely. But it has not done so. This leaves a patchwork of different state rules across the nation. And while states may create and enforce their own rules within their geographical areas, policy
In some countries, the national government could devise a way to combat homelessness, fund it, and implement a single solution in the same way throughout the country. Not so in the United States. Despite the Court’s broad interpretation Congress’s commerce power, Congress does not have the power