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Montana’s Medical Pot Law Trumped by Federal Law, Court Rules

February 1st, 2012
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Montana’s medical marijuana law doesn’t protect pot-smoking patients from federal prosecution, and even a Justice Department memo can’t change that, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Donald Malloy dismissed a civil lawsuit brought by 14 Montana medical marijuana patients and providers whose homes and businesses were raided by……

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Smoke ‘Legal’ Medical Pot, Still Get Arrested by Feds

January 30th, 2012
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Lest there be any question, the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause still applies to medical marijuana. A federal judge has ruled that federal laws trump Montana’s state laws about medical pot, and patient advocates aren’t pleased.

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Cops Need Warrant to Track You Via GPS

January 24th, 2012
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Is warrantless GPS tracking legal? We asked this question back in November, and on Monday, we were given an official answer. Sort of

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Supreme Court Rules GPS Tracking Requires a Search Warrant

January 23rd, 2012
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Police should probably get a warrant before attaching a GPS tracking device to a suspect’s vehicle. Or so implies the Supreme Court

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Interim Texas Redistricting Maps Trashed by Supreme Court

January 20th, 2012
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Today’s Supreme Court decision has once again left Texas’ legislative future up in the air.

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Illegal Immigrants Cost LA Congress Seat?

November 17th, 2011
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The state of Louisiana says that they are about to be one congressional seat short and it’s all because illegal immigrants are included in the national census. Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has filed suit in the U.S. Supreme Court

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Illegal Immigrants Cost LA Congress Seat?

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Are Sugar Daddies Legal?

November 17th, 2011
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The search for a missing Washington toddler has taken a strange turn–into sugar daddy land. The boy’s mother, Julia Biryukova, had posted on seekingarrangement.com, a site used by those seeking a sugar daddy (or baby) soul mate. Police are now questioning the site’s owner about the case, hoping to find…..

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Weed, the People: America is Embracing Marijuana

November 17th, 2011
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Support for legalizing marijuana is growing, if recent statistics are any indication.

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Weed, the People: America is Embracing Marijuana

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Juvenile Life Sentences Go Before Supreme Court

November 10th, 2011
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For the second time in two years, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether juvenile life sentences violate the 8th Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.

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Chantix’s Suicide Side Effects Worse Than First Thought

November 10th, 2011
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Chantix’s suicide risks are higher compared to other smoking-cessation treatments, according to a new study appearing in the journal PLoS One. The drug aims to help individuals quit smoking.

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