Time: Mon Aug 11 12:32:57 1997 by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA06168; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 09:48:26 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 09:47:20 -0700 To: tjeffoc@sirius.com (Tom O'Connell) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Washington Supreme Court Decision on Ralph Seeley U.S. citizens [sic] are subject to the municipal jurisdiction of Congress; they are "federal" citizens. Confer at "Federal citizenship" in Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition. Did the Washington Supreme Court uphold any right of the federal government arbitrarily to proscribe use of marijuana by any Washington state Citizen? There are two classes of citizenship under American Law never repealed. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://www.supremelaw.com copy: Supreme Law School At 09:33 AM 8/11/97 +0100, you wrote: >To the Editor: >The recent decision by the Washington Supreme Court upholding the right of >the U.S. Federal Government to arbitrarily proscribe use of marijuana by >any U.S. citizen, even for medical purposes, is a victory for the illogical >and fraudulent war on drugs. Those familiar with the circumstances of the >passage of the Marijuana Tax Act (MTA) in 1937 know that it was secured by >misrepresentation and deception, both in characterizing the herb to >Congress and in misrepresenting the official position of the AMA. >Subsequently, when the MTA was declared unconstitutional by the US >Supreme Court in 1969, its authority to criminalize marijuana was replaced >by the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970. > >There are many reasons to question the assumptions and Constitutional >validity of the CSA, but leaving them aside for a moment, marijuana does >not fulfill even one of its three criteria for listing an agent as a >"Schedule 1" (forbidden) drug. These relate to abuse potential, safety and >medical utility. The only agent fulfilling all three is tobacco, not even >considered by the law, and , of course, at this moment perfectly legal >everywhere. > >It's not the first time in America that a high court upheld the irrational >or downright absurd as just and reasonable law. Fortunately, Washington >voters will have the opportunity to overrule their Court in November when >they will vote on the issue of medical marijuana. Fortunately, truth and >reason and compassion will get another chance in Washington. > >Sincerely, >Thomas J. O'Connell, MD >195 Warren Road, >San Mateo, CA 94401 >(415) 348 6841 > > > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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