Based on your knowledge of the Commerce Clause, what would happen if a business or individual sued Oregon over Measure 91?
Legal Environment of Business
This is an individual assignment that requires to read and interpret a federal statute, cases and the news to answer several questions. Your responses should not exceed one paragraph for each question posed below and should be submitted via Canvas as a Word document file attachment.
Review the materials below:
The Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 812, 1970 (Federal Statute)
- http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/812 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Schedule 1)
Gonzales v. Raich, 2004 (Federal Case)
Oregon Measure 91, In effect as of July 2015 (State Statute)
Federal Enforcement Policy De-Prioritizing Medical Marijuana (2014)
Oregon Measure 91 (Statute) (2015)
Colorado Supreme Court Decision on Employees Smoking Pot on the Job (June 15, 2015)
- https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/us/companies-can-fire-workers-for-marijuana-use-colorado-court-rules.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share (Links to an external site.)
- Questions:After you have reviewed the materials above, please answer the following questions.
- Based on your knowledge of the Commerce Clause, what would happen if a business or individual sued Oregon over Measure 91?
- Does Congress have the authority to regulate the medical or recreational use or marijuana?
- Does the President have the authority to choose not to enforce an existing law?
- Do you think the U.S. Supreme Court will review cases like the Colorado case and, if so, what do you predict they will decide?
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It is my first legal class, please don’t make it too abstruse. And I’ll let you work on my future assignments from this class.
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