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Re:Cannabis is legal in most America but federal laws block ... by ksherlock on Saturday December 24, 2022 @11:11AM (#34118134)
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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Re:Cannabis is legal in most America but federal laws block ... by nonethewiser on Saturday December 24, 2022 @11:26AM (#34118303)
Interstate commerce clause is the federal government's loophole for this inconvenient fact.
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Re:Cannabis is legal in most America but federal laws block ... by prottog on Saturday December 24, 2022 @11:33AM (#34118374)
The same interstate commerce clause that the federal government interpreted as giving them regulatory authority over intrastate non-commerce, in Wickard v. Filburn.
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Re:Cannabis is legal in most America but federal laws block ... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday December 24, 2022 @11:19AM (#34118238)
The comment you’re responding to is referring to the supremacy clause.
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Re:Cannabis is legal in most America but federal laws block ... by AlbertCory on Saturday December 24, 2022 @11:48AM (#34118529)
OP said, "Federal laws do trump state laws in most cases."

That is quite properly nuanced, and "in most cases" means "those cases where the Federal law is constitutional." SCOTUS rules on that issue all the time.

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