Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services recommended to the Drug Enforcement Administration that cannabis be rescheduled on the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) from a I to a III. At the ...
With the cannabis industry growing rapidly and an increasing number of states legalizing the federally outlawed drug, out-of-state market participants are trying to strike down certain aspects of ...
[Jack Goldsmith and I will have this article out in the Texas Law Review early next year, and I'm serializing it here. There is still plenty of time for editing, so we'd love to hear any ...
Few areas of law have been able to expose the contradictions of federal cannabis policy quite like the Dormant Commerce Clause. The Constitution’s long-standing rule against state economic ...
When the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments over the next three days in cases challenging President Obama’s national health care law, justices will wrestle with a number of complex constitutional ...
Welcome back to Higher Law, our weekly briefing on all things cannabis. I'm Cheryl Miller, reporting for Law.com from Sacramento. This week we're looking at: The possible release of HHS' rescheduling ...
From Jingrong v. Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance Inc., decided today by the Second Circuit (Judge Susan Carney, joined by Judges John Walker and Pierre Leval): This appeal presents the question of ...
Roscoe Filburn owned a wheat farm in rural Montgomery County, Ohio. When he used his own farm to feed his own family, he fell under the hammer of the federal government. It was 1938, and America was ...
Ahead of Jan. 1, 2022, when state Proposition 12 begins to prohibit pork sales in California unless they are raised under strict new prohibitions, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is going to rule on ...
The surprise this morning, aside from the fact that the Affordable Care Act survived, is how the court majority reached its conclusion, especially as it relates to the individual mandate. The ...
This April 17, 2015 photo shows stacks of gambling chips on a roulette table at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) (CN) — A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday ...
The Annenberg Classroom released a new film about the Constitution’s Commerce Clause that will be showcased at teacher workshop events throughout the year. The project — an initiative by the Annenberg ...