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Gonzales v. Raich (previously Ashcroft v.Raich), 545 U.S. 1 (2005), was a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that, under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Congress may criminalize the production and use of homegrown cannabis even if state law allows its use for medicinal purposes.
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Robert Raich is an American attorney. He served as legal counsel in the only two medical cannabis cases heard by the United States Supreme Court: United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative in 2001 and Gonzales v. Raich in 2004. [1]: 138 His spouse at the time, Angel Raich, was a party in the latter case.
Jan. 8—Two Rio Arriba County sisters have filed lawsuits against the city of Española, contending they were subjected to an illegal traffic stop after a surveillance camera mistakenly flagged ...
This is a list of Supreme Court of the United States cases in the area of immigration law and naturalization law.. This list is a list solely of United States Supreme Court decisions about applying immigration and naturalization law.
Why are some cases, such as United States v. Lopez, titled with the name of the US whereas other cases, such as Gonzales v. Raich, are titled with the attorney general's name? TIA, 76.78.154.197 04:06, 19 October 2010 (UTC) I'm not especially familiar with Gonzales v.
In 2005, Scalia concurred in Gonzales v. Raich, which read the Commerce Clause to hold that Congress could ban the use of marijuana even when states approve its use for medicinal purposes. Scalia opined that the Commerce Clause, together with the Necessary and Proper Clause, permitted the regulation.
Gonzales v. Oregon, 546 U.S. 243 (2006), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court which ruled that the United States Attorney General cannot enforce the federal Controlled Substances Act against physicians who prescribed drugs, in compliance with Oregon state law, to terminally ill patients seeking to end their lives, commonly referred to as assisted suicide. [1]