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Originally Posted by Airhog
Actually, It will matter a great deal. The majority of cases that this law would affect are prosecuted by the state courts, and the local PD, and not the federal courts.
Also, There is no law that forces the local law enforcement to cooperate with a federal investigation. If the State refuses to cooperate with the feds on cases involving marijuana, then the feds will have a much harder time.
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Though the risk there is that the fed will withdraw money for things (as happened when universities attempted to expell military recruiters from their campusses).
I agree that there isn't going to be a huge battle over this, at least now. It's not really a huge change. But it will become an issue, to some degree, eventually.
I would love to see someone take another shot at the overreach of the commerce clause and challenge the authority of the federal government to regulate marijuana that was grown, sold, and used all within California borders. That might be an ideal front to re-assert states' rights in other contexts.