Northwest Ohio residents have made the trek into Michigan for years to buy recreational marijuana.
But soon, it could be illegal in Ohio to have or smoke marijuana that wasn’t legally grown in the state.
If enacted, Ohioans will only be allowed to possess and use marijuana legally grown or purchased in Ohio. The bill says marijuana purchased from other states, including Michigan, will be be treated as contraband.
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In two unanimous rulings on Monday, the Supreme Court rebutted trial court decisions where the justices determined that judges had strayed too far from precedent.
“To put it plainly, courts ‘call balls and strikes’; they don’t get a turn at bat,” the court wrote in a per curiam ruling — using a metaphor that Chief Justice John Roberts famously made during his confirmation hearings.
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The Constitution’s first 10 Amendments (the Bill of Rights) list a number of criminal procedure guarantees. Among these is a right to be criminally accused by a grand jury. Specifically, the Fifth Amendment begins with an affirmation that “[n]o person” can be charged with any “infamous” crime unless by “presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury.” Yet today, over half the states make the use of a grand jury optional, and states such as Connecticut and Pennsylvania have abolished their use altogether.
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The government’s phasing out of the penny without providing any legal guidance on how to handle the transition is causing big headaches for retailers and could result in large corporate losses, class action litigation, banking problems and trouble for businesses that accept SNAP payments.
President Donald Trump announced on Feb. 9 that the U.S. Mint would cease producing pennies, which cost about 3.7 cents each to make. But unlike Canada, Australia and other countries that have eliminated their one-cent coins, the U.S. government offered no rules or explanations for how transactions should be handled going forward, creating a chaotic situation and a legal quagmire.
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