Clarence Thomas Says Something Reasonable About Weed, Still Evil POS

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.wonkette.com/clarence-thomas-says-smart-things-about-weed-still-evil-pos

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas surprised some people Monday when he declared that federal laws against the use or cultivation of marijuana may no longer make sense. We personally don't believe they ever made sense.

"A prohibition on interstate use or cultivation of marijuana may no longer be necessary or proper to support the federal government's piecemeal approach," he wrote.

Thomas's comments came after the Supreme Court declined to hear a case brought by the owners of Standing Akimbo, a medical marijuana dispensary in Denver. Standing Akimbo — gotta love that name — was denied federal tax deductions available to other types of businesses because of its connection to the demon weed.

Thomas went on to say:

Once comprehensive, the federal government's current approach is a half-in, half-out regime that simultaneously tolerates and forbids local use of marijuana. This contradictory and unstable state of affairs strains basic principles of federalism and conceals traps for the unwary.

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Under this rule, a business that is still in the red after it pays its workers and keeps the lights on might nonetheless owe substantial federal income tax.

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[Bev54]

1. To us it makes sense on a practical level for him and his friends

it makes sense on a money level.

[kskiska]

2. He's always been on the side of porn...

he must like his weed, too.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. States right and left are passing legislation to allow sales of medical and/or other forms of ...

legalized weed in some manner.

And why not, this is a cash cow/giant method of raising funds for deficient state budgets, especially in those states that are still adhering to the Kansas model, of slashing budgets to the bone, and then getting the state into all kinds of deficits due to huge shortfalls in revenue/tax collections due to ignorant cuts made by republican legislatures.