Legal Opinion
Marijuana Policy Project v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 19, 2002No. 02-5133PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Through a rider to the District of Columbia appropriations act, Congress denied the District authority to “enact ... any law” reducing penalties associated with possession, use, or distribution of marijuana. The district court declared the rider unconstitutional, finding that it interfered with D.C. citizens’ First Amendment rights to use the city’s ballot initiative process to enact medical marijuana legislation. Because Article I of the Constitution gives Congress “exclusive” power to define the District of Columbia’s…
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