Holonyms (Nova Lisboa is a part of...): Angola; Republic of Angola (a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990).
California voters passed Proposition 215 in 1996, legalizing the use of medical marijuana. The Federal government of the United States has limited the use of marijuana since the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act came into effect. Defendant Angel Raich used homegrown medical marijuana, which was legal under California law but illegal under federal law.
Is he right? âItâs ridiculous,â said David Vladeck, a professor of law at Georgetown. âThe Supreme Court says the Fourteenth Amendment requires states to issue licenses .â¦ That is the law of the land. We have something in the Constitution called the Supremacy Clause,â which states that the Constitution is the ultimate authority in the U.S. One argument here is that the ruling only applies to the Sixth Circuit, as thatâs where the case the justices decided originated.