[Osborn F Enready]

Waychel said:
What this means is that if a power is delegated to the United States (federal government) by the constitution, then the United States adopts legislation in the exercise of that power.

I say:
Waychel, where did the Constitution get its power from?

Who created and granted the authority to the government, and who funds it?

Whose name does the government act in?

If the above answers are the obvious, only answer (the citizens of the colonies, that became the United States), then that means the people have the power to remove any law it votes to remove. The Executive, Legislative, Judicial branch are all ONLY empowered by the people, and every ounce of authority they have is up to one vote of the people, if it is put to ballot. ( Or revolution, should need be, which the forefathers knew was a possibility from personal experience. )

The problem is, in the corrupt system that we have now, the process and feasibility of putting every item of the system under that scrutiny and education before holding a vote would take decades. The people have the RIGHT, and ABILITY to remove any law they choose, if it CAN be put on the ballot. The process for doing this in this time, due to public mis-information, is almost impossible without HUGE amounts of liquid cash, or well followed activist organizations.

Why is there no accessible channel for public redress of grievance?

Why are our prisons being filled with non-violent drug offenders who are in the most overwhelming percentage marijuana SMOKERS or GROWERS (not dealers) when the laws, the PROVEN FALSE information of the drug, the classification of the drug, and the public opinion is enough to provoke states to push acceptance of medical marijuana only to have their CONSTITUTIONALLY GRANTED, states rights ignored?

I would love to hear your thoughts on those issues, and answers to those questions.