State's Rights Go Up In Smoke

WASHINGTON -- Anyone who lights up a joint for medicinal purposes isn't likely to be pursued by federal authorities, despite a Supreme Court ruling that these marijuana users could face federal charges, people on both sides of the issue say.
The Supreme Court delt a blow to medical marijuana users by striking down a court of appeals opinion on the regulation and use of the drug... so what's the big deal here? Well, it really doesn't have to do with marijuana at all. The fact is that the Supreme Court just allowed for the federal government to interfere with virtually anything in the U.S. State laws are subsequently retracted and cut off.

Justice Clarence Thomas stated it best; that the respondents in the case use marijuana that has never been bought or sold, doesn't cross state lines, and that has had no demonstrable effect on the national market for marijuana. "If Congress can regulate this under the commerce clause, then it can regulate virtually anything- and the Federal Government is no longer one of the limited and enumerated powers."