The California Supreme Court shot down the controversial initiative from appearing on the November ballot in a unanimous decision, writing that ‘significant questions have been raised regarding the proposition’s validity.'”
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/us/california-three-states-initiative-court/index.html
“Oklahomans for Health, the folks behind the initiative ought to be feeling pretty good right about now. They have successfully passed a very enlightened medical marijuana law in the face of opposition from the state’s Republican and religious establishment.”
Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/jun/27/oklahoma_passes_most_progressive
“Private polls—and a timely ‘concession’ from the face of Leave—allowed the funds to make millions off the pound’s collapse.”
“Residents of the Swiss city, Zug, will use the city’s eID system to vote using their smartphones this month as part of a blockchain based voting test.”
Read more: https://www.ccn.com/switzerlands-crypto-valley-set-to-test-blockchain-voting/
“The proposal, led by venture capitalist Tim Draper, would split the country’s most populous state into three new states of near-equal population: Northern California, California and Southern California, according to the proposal.”
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/proposal-split-california-states-makes-november-ballot/story?id=55855441
“The initiative and referendum process continues to serve as a direct popular vote alternative to the crapshoot that is trying to get a pot bill through two houses and signed by a governor.”
Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/feb/06/six_states_could_pass_marijuana
“Many of the heavily-armed activists who flocked to the scene feared that the FBI snipers had a license to kill the Bundys. Their reaction cannot be understood without considering a landmark 1990s case that continues to shape millions of Americans’ attitude towards Washington: the federal killings and coverups at Ruby Ridge.”
“Just to be clear, the city attorney is arguing that a white jury was acting with racial prejudice when it ruled against police officers who killed a black man.”
“A federal judge ruled Monday that the federal government may not retry Cliven Bundy and his sons after rebuking prosecutors for withholding evidence during their felony trial stemming from an armed standoff four years ago. She said the attorneys were in violation of the Brady rule, which requires prosecutors to disclose evidence that could be favorable to a defendant, and told them it wasn’t possible to proceed with the case. On Monday, she dismissed the case ‘with prejudice,’ meaning the government cannot retry the defendants.”
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-bundy-mistrial-2018-story.html
“In a memo sent to U.S. attorneys Thursday, Sessions noted that federal law prohibits the possession and sale of marijuana, and he undid four previous Obama administration memos that advised against bringing weed prosecutions in states where it was legal to use for recreational or medical purposes.”