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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 03:46 PM Jan 2018

DOJ Marijuana Decision/DHS Authority To Investigate Voting Could Start Of Crack Down On -----

civil rights, 1st amendment rights, right to associate/protest, et al. These decisions should be taken seriously. And they could be a warning on a larger crackdown of dissent. Welcome to Putin's America.

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DOJ Marijuana Decision/DHS Authority To Investigate Voting Could Start Of Crack Down On ----- (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Jan 2018 OP
yup... state's rights psssaw... only when it comes to the right to hate on somebody. lapfog_1 Jan 2018 #1
It's the standard Republican philosophy... regnaD kciN Jan 2018 #2
Are all of these executive orders? Baitball Blogger Jan 2018 #3
Violation of the Establishment Clause Weed Man Jan 2018 #4

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
2. It's the standard Republican philosophy...
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 04:27 PM
Jan 2018

...absolute FREEEEEEEEEEEEDOM for anything relating to making a profit, but any non-economic personal behavior, no matter how harmless, is deemed to be a matter of "the nation's moral character," and can -- and must -- be regulated by law.

"Let's get the government out of our lives...and into our pants." -- Roy Zimmerman, "Defenders of Marriage"

(Which reminds me: isn't the administration going to go back to the SCOTUS and ask them to "reconsider" their decision on same-sex marriage? I bet they'll do so if they get the chance to install one more hardliner in place of a swing or liberal justice.)

 

Weed Man

(304 posts)
4. Violation of the Establishment Clause
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 05:05 PM
Jan 2018

Sessions needs to report to ADX Florence to begin his 25 to life forced to smoke marijuana every day.

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