Here you have police officers on the front line whose reputations have been horribly tarnished, if not destroyed, and who are out of a job because of a drug test that may have identified them for being guilty of nothing more than the color of their skin. |
I am excited, and I applaud the city council for its creativity and bold decision to put the issue squarely before the courts in a way that is not reckless. |
If the 9th Circuit says, 'The sky is blue,' they ( the Supreme Court ) would want to review the decision and actually say the sky is gray. |
The White House wants California to march in lockstep with its misguided prohibition of medical marijuana, but the Constitution says otherwise. The federal government cannot force California or the city of Santa Cruz to make medical marijuana use a crime, nor can the federal government use the threat of criminal prosecution to intentionally sabotage state and local laws that it does not like. |
They recognize that the worst way to punish them is to kick them out of school. |