Aggressive prosecution #1: California businessman commercially growing medical marijuana.

Adam Nagourney, in the NYT, gives very sympathetic treatment to Matthew R. Davies — "a round-faced 34-year-old father of two young gir...

Obama's useless response to the Colorado/Washington marijuana issue.

"We've got bigger fish to fry... It would not make sense for us to see a top priority as going after recreational users in states t...

Jimmy Carter thinks "it's okay" to legalize marijuana.

Well, then! He took the federalism angle: "That’s the way our country has developed over the last 200 years. It’s about a few states be...

"How Much of Each State's Budget Comes From the Feds?"

"From 24% (Alaska) to 49% (Mississippi)."

"Why did America change its mind about legal marijuana?"

Asks the Christian Science Monitor , reacting to the Quinnipiac Poll — which we were talking about yesterday . Our discussion focused on the...

"Marijuana... is still illegal under federal law. State officials say the Justice Department is creating confusion..."

"... by remaining silent about what steps it may take in Washington and Colorado, which passed initiatives in November legalizing the m...

"Why should the President direct the people to do what, perhaps, they have no mind to do?"

"If a day of thanksgiving must take place... let it be done by the authority of the several States."

Gov. Scott Walker rejects state participation in Obamacare.

"Unfortunately, operating a state exchange would not provide the flexibility to meet our state's unique needs or to protect our sta...

Supreme Court takes Voting Rights Act case.

WaPo reports: The justices three years ago expressed skepticism about the continued need for Section 5 of the historic act, which requires s...

NY Mayor Bloomberg endorses Massachusetts Senator Brown — over his Democratic challenger, Elizabeth Warren.

Questions: 1. Wait. I forget... Is Bloomberg a Democrat or a Republican? He's an "independent" now. He was a lifelong Democr...

What happens if states turn down the Medicaid expansion money and decline to set up the health-insurance exchanges.

Michael D. Tanner explains the surprisingly extreme consequences. [I]f a state doesn't expand its Medicaid program, most of those who wo...

Mitt Romney says "The Supreme Court has the final word. And their final word is that Obamacare is a tax."

Interviewed by Jan Crawford, Romney takes the clear, straightforward separation-of-powers position. The judiciary has the work of saying wh...

Sources tell Jan Crawford that Chief Justice Roberts really did switch sides.

The CBS reporter heard from "two sources with specific knowledge of the deliberations." Chief Justice John Roberts initially sided...

"I can't imagine [a state that] would say we aren't going to do this new Medicaid program."

The Supreme Court's decision removes the coercion of the Medicaid expansion. The states no longer face losing all their Medicaid funding...

What the Supreme Court said about the spending power and Medicaid Expansion under the ACA.

Let's look at what Chief Justice Roberts writes about the spending power. (This is Part IV of his opinion, which is joined only by Brey...

The individual mandate survives as a tax.

Says SCOTUSblog . CNN is getting it wrong, if SCOTUSblog is right. They're headlining "Individual Mandate Struck Down." CNN is...

1st Circuit says Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.

"The appeals court agreed with a lower court judge who ruled in 2010 that the law is unconstitutional because it interferes with the ri...

"If we consider this to be a civil right, and I do, I don’t think civil rights ought to be left up to a state-by-state approach."

"I think we should have a national policy on this." Here comes the pull from the left on same-sex marriage. That's James Clybu...

Why Republicans should resist using the same-sex marriage issue against Obama.

You may think you have a useful issue, and it is of some use, but here's the problem. Making same-sex marriage an important issue will g...

"Ann -- Today, I was asked a direct question and gave a direct answer: I believe that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry."

Obama emails: I hope you'll take a moment to watch the conversation, consider it, and weigh in yourself on behalf of marriage equality: ...