Federal Law
Despite federal prohibition, Missouri legalized medical marijuana, causing the first medical marijuana dispensaries to open in Missouri last weekend.
Last week, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill into law that bans police from using facial recognition technology. The growing movement to prohibit the use of facial recognition at the state and local levels could hinder the operation of a growing national facial recognition network.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87, setting the stage for major battles over US Supreme Court.
“When I met all these women who had had surgeries, I thought this was like an experimental concentration camp. It was like they’re experimenting with our bodies,” one detainee said. A nurse at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center has filed a shocking whistleblower complaint through several legal advocacy groups that accuses the ICE facility of “jarring medical neglect” toward detainees, including an ongoing practice of performing mass hysterectomies performed on female prisoners.
Amidst the controversy over the doctrine of qualified immunity for cops, no one is talking about the full immunity accorded to the incredibly corrupt Central Intelligence Agency, an agency within the national-security establishment that wields omnipotent power. We should be.
A few states and cities in America have bypassed federal law and created legislation to decriminalize possession and usage of psychedelics including mushrooms and ayahuasca. The term ‘decriminalization’ is misleading, and in the muddled world of state vs. federal drug laws, it turns out it is far more dangerous than people realize. #magichmushrooms #psychedelics
In Canada, marijuana legalization occurred as recent as 2019, and already it has had a huge impact on the Canadian economy.
Federal crimes are very broadly defined, but it helps to remember that the federal government has jurisdiction over these types of crimes…
