Back to the Future

Sixty-three years ago, probably when Justice Stevens was still in law school (man is he old!) the Supreme Court upheld the right of the Federal government to punish a farmer for growing an excess amount of wheat that he had intended to use for his own personal consumption. Applying the communist based dubious principles of that case, the Supreme Court today, via Justice Stevens, upheld the right of the Federal government to prevent California from allowing individuals to grow and use ganja for strictly alleged medicinal purposes.

Looking on the bright side, at least the SCOTUS didn't really do anything new in this case.