Cannabis is legal in most US states but federal laws block businesses from banks

Post by Doubtme » Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 4:21 PM UTC

gamegoblin wrote: post #16

Prediction: Dems will make a move on federal legalization in the months before the 2024 presidential election, or at least make federal legalization a major election issue. A lot of right wing / libertarian adjacent people were hoping Trump would come out in favor of it as a 2020 election issue, to outflank Biden on at least one issue. It didn't happen, but I bet it would have made the election a bit closer -- it wou…

Post by dalbasal » Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 4:21 PM UTC

funstuff007 wrote: post #13

michaelsshaw wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Federal laws do trump state laws in most cases, it is settled. This case is due to the fed's noninterference policy, which they chose for themselves, it's not being forced on them because of some Civil War-era debate.

The Feds should never fear interfering with state laws when federal law is in direct opposition. It's the basis of the entire system.

Post by eternalban » Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 4:23 PM UTC

jjulius wrote: post #15

kube-system wrote: post #14

I am pro legalization, but I hate headlines like this. It's not accurate and it's not productive. Cannabis is prohibited by at least one law everywhere in the US.

How is it inaccurate? Cannabis is legal in much of the country (at the state level) and the businesses are blocked from much of the banking system because it's federally illegal. Edit: OP, if you're going to completely change the last sentence of your post after people respond, which then changes your point, at least highlight that you've made a significant change.

Post by nonethewiser » Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 4:25 PM UTC

tyre wrote: post #23

funstuff007 wrote: post #3

Didn't we fight the bloodiest war in the history of this country based on which laws (State or Federal) had primacy? And it's still not settled due to Obama's weed policies.

No, the US fought a war over slavery. The "states' rights" framing of the US Civil War skips over which specific right the southerns states were willing to die for. It wasn't abstract, though it was papered over as such. The history of later southern political leaders (e.g. Richard Russell) confirms that the fundamental issue was the enslavement (ideal, for them) or segregation and oppression of blacks in the US. Whi…

Post by kube-system » Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 4:26 PM UTC

jjulius wrote: post #15

kube-system wrote: post #14

I am pro legalization, but I hate headlines like this. It's not accurate and it's not productive. Cannabis is prohibited by at least one law everywhere in the US.

How is it inaccurate? Cannabis is legal in much of the country (at the state level) and the businesses are blocked from much of the banking system because it's federally illegal. Edit: OP, if you're going to completely change the last sentence of your post after people respond, which then changes your point, at least highlight that you've made a significant change.