Thursday, February 26, 2015

Bipartisan Authoritarianism

Isn't it great to see our elected officials reach across the aisle and come together in a spirit of bipartisanship, in the pursuit of respecting the liberty of the American citizen? /sarc
Despite warnings from congressional Republicans, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser allowed D.C.'s marijuana legalization law to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. 
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, told Bowser that if she continued with her plan to implement marijuana legalization she would face "very serious consequences," The Washington Post reported. 
Rep. Andy Harris, D-Md., who has been one of the most vocal opponents of marijuana legalization in D.C., says implementation of the law would be a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act, which prohibits the spending of federal funds that have not been appropriated. 
Nearly two thirds of D.C. voters approved Initiative 71 in November. Under Initiative 71, people ages 21 or older will be allowed to possess two ounces or less of marijuana, use marijuana on private property and give one ounce or less to another person as long as no money, goods or services are exchanged. 
Residents will also be permitted to cultivate up to six marijuana plants — although no more than three mature plants— in their primary home.
USA Today

2 comments:

  1. Dar's a lot of gold in dem dar prisons!

    JMJ

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  2. It's a bad problem of both the left and the right.

    The libertarians have the high ground here.

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