US Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Federal Marijuana Ban

US appeals court rejects challenge to federal marijuana ban

It ruled that the federal ban on marijuana is not unconstitutional.

Appeals Court Rejects Marijuana Companies’ Lawsuit Seeking To Overturn Federal Criminalization

A federal appellate court has rejected the argument of state-legal marijuana companies seeking to overturn the U.S. government’s prohibition of marijuana, affirming a lower court’s dismissal of the case. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit wrote in a published opinion on Tuesday that businesses have no fundamental right to cultivate or sell cannabis despite the government’s general lack of enforcement of the fe…

US Supreme Court is the next stop for challenge to federal marijuana prohibition

A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a constitutional challenge to U.S. marijuana prohibition brought by a coalition of regulated cannabis companies. The ruling was expected. Also expected – and planned all along – is the plaintiffs’ intention “to seek Supreme Court review” of the case, attorney Jonathan Schiller told Reuters. ADVERTISEMENT Chicago-based multistate operator Verano Holdings and three Massachusetts-based co-plaintiffs sued …

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Says Marijuana Prohibition "May No Longer be Necessary"

The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has sharply criticized the federal government’s inconsistent approach to marijuana policy, stating that federal prohibition “may no longer be necessary or proper” given evolving state laws and enforcement practices. In a statement made on June 28, 2021, Justice Thomas argued that the federal government’s “half-in, half-out regime that simult…

Appeals Court Rejects Marijuana Companies’ Lawsuit Seeking To Overturn Federal Criminalization - Cannabis News World

A federal appellate court has rejected the argument of state-legal marijuana companies seeking to overturn the U.S. government’s prohibition of marijuana, affirming a lower court’s dismissal of the case. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit wrote in a published opinion on Tuesday that businesses have no fundamental right The post Appeals Court Rejects Marijuana Companies’ Lawsuit Seeking To Overturn Federal Crim…