I live in New Jersey.
I was thinking about the ninth amendment recently, what does it mean?
It says: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
This to me means certain rights are "common sense" and can never be illegal constitutionally.
My question is this. Can this amendment possibly be used to claim that the government's war on drugs, specifically, marijuana is unconstitutional? Why or why not?
The way I see it, is it should be perfectly legal for me to consume and posses a harmless plant, similarly, it should be perfectly legal for me to eat and ingest food that is harmless. (Pot has yet to be proven harmful.)
I was thinking about the ninth amendment recently, what does it mean?
It says: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
This to me means certain rights are "common sense" and can never be illegal constitutionally.
My question is this. Can this amendment possibly be used to claim that the government's war on drugs, specifically, marijuana is unconstitutional? Why or why not?
The way I see it, is it should be perfectly legal for me to consume and posses a harmless plant, similarly, it should be perfectly legal for me to eat and ingest food that is harmless. (Pot has yet to be proven harmful.)