Due process

  Listening to the morning news I'm hearing the argument for the federal legalization of pot. Studies have been conducted and the feeling is, it's all good. Yeah, no societal issues have resulted from states ignoring the federal law. The whole "no one is above the law" argument is rather moot if you are supporting that logic. And that is what troubles me about the whole thing. I'm just saying if you want something to be legal, make it legal. It isn't made legal by simply not enforcing the law, even when that directive comes from the state itself, federal law always takes precedence over state law. The supremacy clause in the constitution establishes that as the law of the land. 

  States that are ignoring that law are ignoring the constitution. Isn't that something the left is screaming about with Trump and his deportation policies? He's violating the constitution! Well, so is every state that refuses to enforce federal law. It's not a debate, not an opinion, it is simply a fact. The possession, sale or use of marijuana is a federal offense. For simple possession the penalty for your first offense may be one year in jail and a thousand dollar fine. The first time it is a misdemeanor, any subsequent violations are felonies! That's the law of the land, like it or not. Argue all you want but my response will be, talk to the hand.

  I am further aggravated by this logic that people were or are in jail for breaking the law when the law has been changed. Uh, you broke the law, doesn't matter if the law has been changed since that time, you broke the law. Really not that difficult to understand. As far as anyone being jailed for any marijuana offense they have still broken the law whether the state wants to say so or not, chooses to prosecute anyone today for that, or doesn't like the law. It doesn't matter, the law is the law. The constitution Article VI. That establishes the law of the land. No one is above the law, including states governments! Those fined and/or jailed for breaking that law have received their due process, as the law requires. They broke the law and justice was served. 

  All I'm saying here is I don't care how you feel about that. I'm not going to argue for or against any federal law regarding the use of marijuana. I am saying you can't start screaming about violating the constitution and filing lawsuits, threatening impeachment, because you feel someone is violating that constitution while you yourself are violating the constitution! That is hypocrisy! You can't holler "no one is above the law" while saying you don't have to obey the law. That's hypocrisy. I don't care if you are the news, Sheryl Atkinson or whoever, attempting to justify states ignoring the constitution is just wrong! I don't care how popular that opinion is, the fact remains. The use, sale, and/or possession of marijuana is a federal crime. 

 Let's follow the constitution and give due process to those accused. When it is proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you violated the law, penalty will follow. First offense, a year and/or a thousand dollars. Any further violations are felonies and could result in federal prison! That's the law and no one is above the law.