Six months after two states became the first in the nation to fully legalize recreational marijuana use the federal government has yet to articulate an official response to the historic voter-approved measures while simultaneously authoring a vast pot crackdown and refusing to accept even far less sweeping state-based marijuana laws as legitimate. The juxtaposition between [...]
The scene is set for a legal showdown between the federal government, at least two states, and activist groups in the wake of the success of landmark votes to legalize marijuana in the 2012 election. And for the first time, public opinion on pot is overwhelmingly against the feds. Plenty of coverage was generated after [...]
Monday featured two landmark occasions in the struggle for marriage equality, more evidence that the tide of public and political opinion is turning on the issue. But historic advances in gay rights in individual states are often tempered by greater restrictions elsewhere, as was the case this week, and it will likely remain the pattern [...]
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