States' rights

The Supremes once again prove that their commitment to states rights doesn't extend beyond states' rights to befoul the environment. Sayeth John Paul Stevens,

Under the Constitution, Congress may pass laws regulating a state's economic activity so long as it involves "interstate commerce" that crosses state borders. The California marijuana in question was homegrown, distributed to patients without charge and without crossing state lines.

Stevens said there are other legal options for patients, "but perhaps even more important than these legal avenues is the democratic process, in which the voices of voters allied with these respondents may one day be heard in the halls of Congress."

Ah, but the democratic process, in which voters in several states opted for medical marijuana laws, is to be ignored.

Shit. The current denizens of Capitol Hill can't get a pork-laden energy bill passed. How in God's great green earth are they going to pass a bill decriminalizing marijuana for the seriously ill?