Quote Originally Posted by 5HT
which is why i'm an avid supporter of states' rights, nullification, and secession. My state of Colorado voted democratically to allow for medical marijuana. Rather than just give in to the feds, a state should wantonly defy the supreme court and nullify the court decision, and perhaps write letters of marque to citizens and local authorities to beat the fuck out of DEA fascists.

The purpose of the Supreme Court is to determine if an existing law should even be there in the first place. According to the tenth amendment, things such as marijauana should be left up to the states. Republicans of course will say they're for states' rights, but both parties all try to make the federal bolshevic government even more powerful.
When you say "states' rights," I immediately think of Strom Thurmond, George Wallace and segregation in general, even though I know that's not where you're coming from. That's just the argument racists have used forever to move their agenda forward. Which partially explains why I favor a strong central government and agree with the Supreme Court's ruling.

Justice Stevens hit it right the nail right on the head in his majority opinion: we have laws made by the people (what Congress is supposed to be) that must be upheld, whether we agree with them or not. Anything else, and the judiciary becomes legislative.

The laws should definitely be changed. But the Court was right today.

I just think it's funny that Republicans always bitch about "activist judges trying to legislate from the bench" when a so-called liberal opinion is handed down and today, the only justices who dissented, and thusly tried to change the law in effect (Rehnquist, Thomas and O'Connor), were appointed by Republicans. How funny is that?