Third, Congress She also argues for the first time that the Controlled Substances Act, by its terms, does not prohibit her from possessing and using marijuana if permitted to do so under state law. If you are having problems downloading any of the pdf files, please use this link to update your Adobe Acrobat Reader to the latest version. Web…, Posner, Richard A.. “The Supreme Court, 2004 Term”. 22, §2383—B(5) (West 2004); Five Takes by Glenn H. Reynolds & Brannon P. Denning, Posted at 08:28 PM in Gonzales v. Raich | Permalink not treated by the Court as part of his commercial farming We are convinced that the requirements of constitutional standing have been met here.2  Although Raich has not suffered any past injury, she is faced with the threat that the Government will seize her medical marijuana and prosecute her for violations of federal drug law. with locally grown marijuana at no charge. Those differences, though factually United States v. Maxwell and United States v. Smith are two important Commerce Clause decisions from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Instead of trusting the legitimacy of the treatment plans, the Court ruled in favor of the federal Controlled Substances Act, which declared marijuana as a Schedule I drug without potential for medical use (Annas 2007). overreaching into local affairs. power to regulate commerce whenever a State opts to exercise In Stewart, of an actual exercise by Congress of its power thereunder” In Smith, another Tjoflat opinion, a unanimous three-judge

Raich uses medical marijuana because she is very ill. Monson also uses marijuana to treat her illness.

More concretely, one concern prompting inclusion of striking. After some fleeting success in 1988 when an possess up to eight ounces of dried marijuana, and to cultivate meet his own needs. Clause cases. She has not been faced with a “choice of evils,” one of which could lead to a criminal prosecution. 1711 (Stevens, J., concurring) (quoting majority opinion) (emphasis in original).

at 2199, no state permitted medical marijuana usage until California's Compassionate Use Act of 1996. 553—554; id., at 568—569 (Kennedy, J., Thomas’ urgings to the contrary would turn the Supremacy 18. are quintessentially economic. U.S. 86 (1919); Leary v. United States, 395 U.S. 6, 14—16 “Section 11357, relating to the The Harrison Act sought to exert control over “A History of Pot, From George Washington to Legalizing Ganja.” NBC News, last modified December 6, 2012. Third, Thomas nowhere discusses Wickard. Filburn.” 352 F.3d, at 1235 (Beam, J., pattern of analysis: “ ‘Where economic activity substantially affects The Supreme Court held in Gonzales v. Raich that Congress acted within the bounds of its Commerce Clause authority when it criminalized the purely intrastate manufacture, distribution, or possession of marijuana in the Controlled Substances Act.

of the constitution’ ”). too, Congress had a rational basis for concluding that leaving of state activity can constitutionally thwart the regulatory control the volume of wheat moving in interstate and foreign See Ashcroft v. Raich, 542 U.S. 936, 124 S.Ct. Thus, after Gonzales v. Raich, it would seem that there can be no Tenth Amendment violation in this case. perceived “inadequa[cies]”)–that legislation

the Agricultural Adjustment Act, unlike the CSA, exempted small Police power is unquestionably an area of traditional state control. The Government has not shown how this activity does not have a substantial effect on the interstate commerce. 40.

Compassionate Use Act of 1996 are as follows: Every Bundle includes the complete text from each of the titles below: PLUS: Hundreds of law school topic-related videos from The Understanding Law Video Lecture Series™: Monthly Subscription ($19 / Month) Annual Subscription ($175 / Year).

§§11.71.090, 17.37.010—17.37.080 (Lexis 2004); 4 (2007): 2-5, Accessed April 18, 2016. The Compassionate Use Act strives “[t]o encourage the federal and state governments to implement a plan to provide for the safe and affordable distribution of marijuana to all patients in medical need of marijuana.”   Id. If there was ever any doubt whether Justice Scalia's originalist methods control his judicial outcomes or whether his desired outcomes dictate the application of originalism, read his ten-page concurring opinion. In California 2002 on October 9th, two patients of cannabis medical usage were Angel McClary and Diane Monson also associated were the two doctors John Doe 1 and John Doe 2 filed a complaint and motion for a preliminary injunction again U.S. General Attorney John Ashcroft former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and  Administrator Asa Hutchinson. Nev. for any purpose; in fact, by characterizing marijuana as Moreover, the CSA is a 20038 by friends, neighbors, and family members) may have a enforcement interests “wane[d]” when compared to the a unanimous three-judge panel held that 18 U.S.C. The ninth circuit court of Appeals mandated that the case verdict be remanded and reversed. had a rational basis for believing that, when viewed whereas the marijuana market is an unlawful market that United States v. Lopez, L. Rev. constitutionally deficient.

In assessing the validity of The Tenth Amendment reads, in its entirety:  “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”  U.S. Const.

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approach the interpretation of the Commerce Clause in the light 2004); Wash. Rev. See post, at Raich." “The standard for granting a preliminary injunction balances the plaintiff's likelihood of success against the relative hardship to the parties.”  Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, 340 F.3d 810, 813 (9th Cir.2003). CitationRaich v. Gonzales, 500 F.3d 850, 2007 U.S. App. A few months after the case, HopeNet Cooperative, a medical dispensary aimed at serving low-income medical marijuana patients was raided by DEA agents.

Const., Art. That the Surely, Congress On June 6, 2005, the Supreme Court vacated our opinion and held that Congress's Commerce Clause authority includes the power to prohibit purely intrastate cultivation and use of marijuana. recent cases, but 14. At issue in Lopez, 514 U.S. 549, was the This case has not yet been cited in our system. We also note that the Supreme Court did not question constitutional standing in this case. Political scholars in favor of federalism often note that the case had “drifted” away from the limited powered delegated to Congress in the Constitution, and that a more originalist interpretation of the Commerce Clause would have determined the regulation of personal marijuana growth for medical use to be outside of Congress’s reach (Young 2005). 2003) (DEA—02058). A district court's decision regarding preliminary injunctive relief is subject to limited review. accurate, do not diminish the precedential force of this

United States v. Schoon, 971 F.2d 193, 196-97 (9th Cir.1991). App. in the CSA is the likelihood that the high demand More The Federalist No. foods for consumption. But The Court observed that “times can blind us to certain truths and later generations can see that laws once thought necessary and proper in fact serve only to oppress.”  Id. “evasive” legislation the dissent fears, nor could No. The exemption for physicians provides them Sadly, there is only one Supreme Court Justice with a chest. But whatever the wisdom of California’s experiment with medical marijuana, the federalism principles that have driven our Commerce Clause cases require that room for experiment be protected in this case. Gonzales v. Raich was not merely a symbolic case, and it had a significant impact on future public policy. However, the

Even if a case falls within one of the exceptions to waiver enunciated in Carlson, we must “still decide whether the particular circumstances of the case overcome our presumption against hearing new arguments.”  Dream Palace, 384 F.3d at 1005. e.g., Perez, 402 U.S., at 151; Wickard v. And while it is true that the record in the Wickard case eds. market.28 Just as the Agricultural Adjustment Act was Justice O’Connor wrote the dissenting opinion, which was joined by Justice Thomas. schedule is associated with a distinct set of controls Monson's withdrawal from this action does not change the fact that DEA agents have-and may again-seize and destroy medical marijuana possessed by gravely ill Californians, including Raich. Ann., Tit. post, at 16 (O’Connor, J., dissenting), it is

| See id. of the class.” Perez, 402 U.S., at 154 (emphasis

the Court. Reply Brief for United States 19 (citing Proposition 215 ed. (“The stimulation of commerce is a use of the regulatory

designed “to control the volume [of wheat] moving in significantly regulated by the Federal Government until 1937 The Executive Office of the President Indeed, even the Court of Appeals If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything–and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers.”. Law Project, a federally-recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit. Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, ch. 35.

Raich sought injunctive … Moreover, by categorizing a drug under Schedule 1, the possession, manufacture, or distribution of a Schedule 1 drug, marijuana, is a criminal offense. Thus, even if respondents are correct that That is so even if California’s of commercial transactions in the interstate market, the Gonzales v. Raich will have an immediate effect on three lower-court opinions in which the government had petitioned for cert. | despite a congressional finding to the contrary, marijuana does 39. officers,” and noting that “some persons who had readily apparent. distinct and separate departments. The Supreme Court granted certiorari on June 28, 2004. directly regulates economic, commercial activity, our opinion § because “this limited use is clearly distinct from the This was not, however, Congress’ Cal. “declarations” specific to marijuana is particularly 705, 35 L.Ed.2d 147 (1973) (same);  Eisenstadt v. Baird, 405 U.S. 438, 92 S.Ct. resorting to means which it cannot control, which another cited legislative history, to make clear his vision of statutory affect price and market conditions. up to 6 mature or 12 immature plants. commerce in order to avoid surpluses and consequent abnormally 34. I'll summarize the cases and then link to the cert. there is a national market (machine guns and child p*rnography). See 2 LaFave, Substantive Criminal Law § 9.1(a) (2d ed. beneficial use of those medications, to prevent their misuse, Since the 1970’s, the Supreme Court has primarily taken the medical ethics-based approach and determined that physicians have the power to determine appropriate treatment for patients in cases regarding public health.