Ah, yes, because the president can just repeal laws that he doesn’t agree with anymore, and write new laws without any input from congress. That’s how it works, right? King Biden?
No?
There’s the concept most of us learned about from School House Rock called “separation of powers”. And, see, it turns out that the president is the executive; he’s the one that has to execute, or enforce, the rules that congress passes. He doesn’t get to pass new laws–he can’t even directly introduce new legislation-and he’s not supposed to choose which laws to enforce and ignore ones he doesn’t like.
(Given that Biden was one of the authors of the omnibus crime bill, many people find it ironic that Biden is now opposed to criminal prosecutions for marijuana, but people–and politicians–need to have room to change their views.)
I could have seen braces being banned if the ATF had said from the start that they should be regulated as SBRs. But saying they’re fine for a decade, and then suddenly ruling that they aren’t creates real problems, esp. since it was an administrative decision rather than a a change in the underlying laws.
There’s the concept most of us learned about from School House Rock called “separation of powers”. And, see, it turns out that the president is the executive; he’s the one that has to execute, or enforce, the rules that congress passes.
You do know that the classification of controlled substances is under the purview of the executive, right?
Congress may have passed the controlled substance act, but the actual scheduling of those controlled substances is left to the FDA, which is under the controll of the executive.
people find it ironic that Biden is now opposed to criminal prosecutions for marijuana, but people–and politicians–need to have room to change their views.
The problem is that Biden has been wishy washy about cannabis scheduling since he’s been on office. He campaigned on rescheduling, and his office even took steps to make it seem as if there had been progress. However, in the last 4 years when asked about it by reporters, he’s fallen back on ideas like gateway drugs, and show general hesitation about rescheduling.
I know this because I own a business adjacent to the cannabis industry. Everyone in the industry in the beginning of his presidency thought rescheduling was going to be a priority. However, year after year it been put on the back burner, and there’s no longer a lot of enthusiasm in the industry.
Imo Biden still thinks cannabis is a dangerous gateway drug that’s poisoning the youth. But his office knows how much of a priority it is for progressives and continues to work on it despite his hesitantly. I think any progress that’s made on cannabis is made out of political necessity, not because he changes his mind. It may also be to get ole Chuck Schumer off his back, if cannabis is rescheduled thank Schumer not Biden. The guys been on a tirade about it for years now.
The president is not intended to have direct control over the DEA or the FDA; the heads of those agencies may be political appointees, but they’re intended and expected to maintain a degree of autonomy. Trump upended decades of precedent by taking direct action over the control of federal agencies. (That’s a bad thing.) That, by the way, is why the ATF ruled that bump stocks were machine guns; Trump told them to do so.
Imo Biden still thinks cannabis is a dangerous gateway drug that’s poisoning the youth.
I would agree with this. There’s pretty solid evidence that pot use by kids and teens causes some pretty serious, lifelong developmental issues. Not a ‘gateway drug’, but it does cause neurological issues when used by adolescents. I don’t think that’s a good reason to keep it illegal for adults though, since kids also abuse alcohol.
Ah, yes, because the president can just repeal laws that he doesn’t agree with anymore, and write new laws without any input from congress. That’s how it works, right? King Biden?
No?
There’s the concept most of us learned about from School House Rock called “separation of powers”. And, see, it turns out that the president is the executive; he’s the one that has to execute, or enforce, the rules that congress passes. He doesn’t get to pass new laws–he can’t even directly introduce new legislation-and he’s not supposed to choose which laws to enforce and ignore ones he doesn’t like.
(Given that Biden was one of the authors of the omnibus crime bill, many people find it ironic that Biden is now opposed to criminal prosecutions for marijuana, but people–and politicians–need to have room to change their views.)
You just have to reinterpret whatever law you’re already operating under. If it works for pistol braces* it can work for bongs.
*it probably doesn’t, we’ll see
I could have seen braces being banned if the ATF had said from the start that they should be regulated as SBRs. But saying they’re fine for a decade, and then suddenly ruling that they aren’t creates real problems, esp. since it was an administrative decision rather than a a change in the underlying laws.
You do know that the classification of controlled substances is under the purview of the executive, right?
Congress may have passed the controlled substance act, but the actual scheduling of those controlled substances is left to the FDA, which is under the controll of the executive.
The problem is that Biden has been wishy washy about cannabis scheduling since he’s been on office. He campaigned on rescheduling, and his office even took steps to make it seem as if there had been progress. However, in the last 4 years when asked about it by reporters, he’s fallen back on ideas like gateway drugs, and show general hesitation about rescheduling.
I know this because I own a business adjacent to the cannabis industry. Everyone in the industry in the beginning of his presidency thought rescheduling was going to be a priority. However, year after year it been put on the back burner, and there’s no longer a lot of enthusiasm in the industry.
Imo Biden still thinks cannabis is a dangerous gateway drug that’s poisoning the youth. But his office knows how much of a priority it is for progressives and continues to work on it despite his hesitantly. I think any progress that’s made on cannabis is made out of political necessity, not because he changes his mind. It may also be to get ole Chuck Schumer off his back, if cannabis is rescheduled thank Schumer not Biden. The guys been on a tirade about it for years now.
The president is not intended to have direct control over the DEA or the FDA; the heads of those agencies may be political appointees, but they’re intended and expected to maintain a degree of autonomy. Trump upended decades of precedent by taking direct action over the control of federal agencies. (That’s a bad thing.) That, by the way, is why the ATF ruled that bump stocks were machine guns; Trump told them to do so.
I would agree with this. There’s pretty solid evidence that pot use by kids and teens causes some pretty serious, lifelong developmental issues. Not a ‘gateway drug’, but it does cause neurological issues when used by adolescents. I don’t think that’s a good reason to keep it illegal for adults though, since kids also abuse alcohol.