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Pot Law Reforms Sweep the Nation

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“The 2013 state legislative session was unquestionably the most active on record in regard to the passage of marijuana law reform. Over the past months, lawmakers in over 30 states debated more than 50 separate pieces of legislation designed to liberalize state cannabis laws. In eleven states, lawmakers addressed legalizing the substance outright, while legislators in dozens of others considered more incremental changes. Below is a summary of the record number of marijuana law reform bills enacted by state lawmakers in 2013.”

http://www.hightimes.com/read/pot-law-reforms-sweep-nation

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These States Are Most Likely To Legalize Pot Next

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“Public support for legal pot has surged in recent years at both state and national levels, with a majority of U.S. voters now in favor. This suggests that legalization would be most viable in states that allow citizen ballot initiatives. State lawmakers could also potentially take the reins on legalizing cannabis as the issue becomes more mainstream, however, like they did in New Jersey in 2010 with the passage of a bill approving medical marijuana.  Below, the states that are most likely to take the next steps toward legalizing marijuana.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/30/marijuana-legalization-states_n_3838866.html

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Gun Bill in Missouri Would Test Limits in Nullifying U.S. Law

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“The Republican-controlled Missouri legislature is expected to enact a statute next month nullifying all federal gun laws in the state and making it a crime for federal agents to enforce them here. A Missourian arrested under federal firearm statutes would even be able to sue the arresting officer.  The law amounts to the most far-reaching states’ rights endeavor in the country, the far edge of a growing movement known as ‘nullification’ in which a state defies federal power.  In a letter explaining his veto, Governor Jay Nixon said the federal government’s supremacy over the states’ ‘is as logically sound as it is legally well established.’  When the legislature gathers again, it will seek to override his veto.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/29/us/missouri-gun-measure-pushes-nullification-boundary.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&

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Holder promises to ease marijuana law enforcement in states with legal pot

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“The United States Department of Justice announced Thursday that for the time being it will cease pursuing actions against Colorado and Washington over discrepancies in state and federal marijuana policies. The federal government did reserve the right to enact new laws in the future, however, adding in its memo that ‘if any of the stated harms do materialize — either despite a strict regulatory scheme or because of the lack of one — federal prosecutors will act aggressively to bring individual prosecutions focused on federal enforcement priorities and the Department may challenge the regulatory scheme themselves in these states.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/29/holder-promises-to-ease-marijuana-law-enforcement-in-states-where-pot-is-legal/

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Federal court dismisses Firearms Freedom Act

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“The case centers around the Firearms Freedom Act, which invokes states rights under the 9th and 10th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and declares that ‘any firearms made and retained in-state are beyond the authority of Congress under its constitution to regulate commerce among states.’  The FFA was first passed in Montana.  It has since been adopted and enacted in at least nine other states and introduced in approximately 20. The Ninth Circuit essentially ruled that federal law requires gun manufacturers, gun shop owners and dealers to keep records, pay fees and make themselves available to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for inspection.”

http://www.guns.com/2013/08/25/9th-circuit-dismisses-firearms-freedom-act-fed-can-regulate-guns-that-stay-within-state-of-origin/

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Oklahoma Attorney General May Defeat Obamacare, Judge Rules Lawsuit May Proceed

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“Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt on the state’s lawsuit alleging many of the health-care law’s taxes and penalties are illegal.”

http://libertycrier.com/oklahoma-attorney-general-may-defeat-obamacare-judge-rules-lawsuit-may-proceed/

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Vermont Completely Nullifies Federal Hemp Ban

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“Vermont has become the most recent state to take a stand against the federal government and nullify the federal ban on hemp cultivation. Governor Shumlin signed the new bill into law in June.  Vermont is actually the 9th state to lift the ban on hemp, and 20 states have introduced industrial hemp legislation for the 2013 legislative season. However, what makes Vermont unique is that the new law does not hold a stipulation or amendment requiring the federal government to first lift the ban on hemp cultivation. Much like Colorado, Vermont will proceed regardless of the federal law banning hemp cultivation.”

http://benswann.com/vermont-completely-nullifies-federal-hemp-ban/

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Florida Sheriff Arrested, Charged With Felony, Suspended For Protecting Gun Owner

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“Rick Scott, Florida governor, stepped in and had Finch arrested. Governor Scott then appointed a new sheriff. Finch says he did not vote for the Governor. ‘I’m not a republican, or a democrat. Just a man who believes in the Constitution,’ says Finch. ‘I do not expect to be convicted of the crime. However, I’ll fight it all the way to the Supreme Court if I have to. The state already made me an offer that if I resign they will drop the charges. To me, this means they do not have a case and it seems there are political motives to push me out rather than seek justice.'”

http://benswann.com/exclusive-fl-sheriff-arrested-charged-with-felony-suspended-for-protecting-citizens-2nd-amendment-rights/

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Mellow mood at first Seattle Hempfest since pot legalization

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“In the mid-1990s, McPeak recalled, police at Hempfest conducted undercover buy-and-bust operations, periodically slapping handcuffs on vendors of pot brownies and removing them from the premises.  But this year, instead of writing tickets for public pot smoking — which remains forbidden in the state — police were handing out about 1,000 bags of Doritos tortilla chips bearing information on the state’s pot laws. ‘It feels great that instead of issuing citations for public smoking, the police are issuing Dorito bags,’ McPeak said. ‘That seems like a big deal.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/17/mellow-mood-at-first-seattle-hempfest-since-pot-legalization/

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Interview With Tom Woods On Nullification

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“There were popular referenda that amount to nullification, we’re not going obey this particular law and people vote and agree not to do it.  It can be the legislature.  You have a special convention you call.  Then the issue is we’ve nullified but what does that actually mean?  What it would have to mean is the people of the state would be willing to stand by what they’ve done.  I rather suspect that when we’re dealing with issues like the Second Amendment, which, even more than the Obamacare issue, the Second Amendment and the perception that Washington is hostile to the Second Amendment has done more to alert people to nullification than anything else.”

http://www.mikechurch.com/transcripts/interview-with-tom-woods-on-nullification/

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