Tag: Eric Holder
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D.C. Medical Marijuana Lawsuit Dismissed for Lack of Standing in Sibley v Obama et a
Previously on WeedPress, I wrote an article about Montgomery Sibley, a Washington D.C. glaucoma patient and medical marijuana dispensary applicant who filed suit against the Obama Administration recently. Sibley, arguing that Congressional approval of D.C’s medical marijuana program has repealed the federal prohibition of marijuana by implication, had his argument dismissed on October 21st for…
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Has Congress Officially Approved the Medical Use of Marijuana? Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court Seeks to Find Out
Has Congress officially legalized the medical use of marijuana? Now that Washington D.C.’s medical marijuana program is moving forward, a lawsuit against the federal government seeks to find out. Naming Barack Obama, Eric Holder, and D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray as Defendants Sibley v Obama et al could end up being the biggest medical marijuana…
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ACLU letter to Obama: New memo might mean litigation
Looks like I’m not the only one peeved at Obama’s abrupt departure from his 2009 promise to back down on medical marijuana prosecutions. Now, in a recent letter to the Department of Justice, the ACLU Wants DOJ To Keep Medical Marijuana Promises. “The ACLU sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding that the…
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