Hayabusa Rider
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That authority is contingent upon a whole set of protocols by the federal bureaucracy. You know, da rules. There would be lawsuits flying from every direction if the Prez attempted to do what you suggest w/o the approval they'll never grant. Hillary would be in the same situation. National legalization is up to Congress & we both know it.
As is it, prohibition is snakebit because of the choice Obama & Holder made back in 2013. Framing it as States' Rights left prohibitionists at the wrong end of their own bullshit. We just need to slog it out state by state, I'm afraid, until the nay sayers are swept into eventual compliance. That's reality.
But do go on with the usual Blame Obama! bullshit.
As you say it was a political decision. I know the rules, apparently far better than you. You invent a path and require that it be the only way, to violate federal law which we are bound to by Treaty. States in violating that are violating the Constitution as a result.
You embrace and protect to the point where it does harm.
The CSA is law, is Congressional action which allows the Executive Branch to lawfully change the schedule of a controlled substance. No further authority is required. It is not an assumed authority, it has already been lawfully granted decades ago, a Constitutional act.
People have been harmed and you circle the wagon, but your argument is a fallacy.