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  • LITIGATION

Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Marijuana’s Schedule I Prohibited Status

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on February 26, 2018July 6, 2022

A federal district court judge in Manhattan today granted the government’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit that sought to challenge the constitutionality of cannabis’ prohibited status under federal law.

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Federal Evidentiary Hearing Regarding The Constitutionality Of Cannabis Prohibition Concludes

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on October 31, 2014June 21, 2022

United States District Judge Kimberly Mueller heard testimony over the course of the past five days in regard to the constitutionality of the federal statute designating marijuana as a Schedule I Controlled Substance. A ruling by Judge Mueller is not anticipated until after the first of the year.

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Can Fully Informed Juries Help Cannabis Prohibition?

  • by Allen St. Pierre, Former NORML Executive Director
  • Posted on April 23, 2012June 16, 2022

Of the many numerous peaceful and constitutionally-respectful means employed for decades by which cannabis law…

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Pot Patriotism Plus Jury Nullification Equals US vs. Heicklen

  • by Allen St. Pierre, Former NORML Executive Director
  • Posted on December 21, 2011June 15, 2022

George Washington University law professor and longtime jury nullification proponent Paul Butler pens a noteworthy…

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