Comments on Pro Libertate: Protecting the Vicious, Punishing the Virtuous: Marijuana Prohibition and Idaho's Prison-Industrial Complex

Will, thank you so much for your article and your ...

2015-04-23T08:35:40.316-06:00

Will, thank you so much for your article and your appearance on Ron Paul's show. I am one of the parents that has been in Boise at the capitol this session, fighting for CBD for my son, Scout. I would love to correspond and/or talk with you sometime about this. Thank you for your support, and moving this to a national discussion.

Alexis' Law hit the wall of ignorance and bigo...

2015-04-23T07:16:25.529-06:00

Alexis' Law hit the wall of ignorance and bigotry that surrounds the Idaho Governor's Office. No surprise but sad and tragic that Governor Otter doesn’t fully understand the bill HE vetoed – if he ever READ it!!! The legislation would have provided the law enforcers with the discretion to deal sympathetically with parents and carers needing the harmless but effective oil for those in their care suffering from many incurable and intractable diseases. It’s probably an unbearable burden on the intelligence of your average law enforcer. What a shame that Idaho does not have a Governor of the same courage and compassion as those of Georgia, Tennessee, Utah and 14 other States that have already passed this law. It is a 'NO BRAINER', except for his paranoid Drugs Policy Director Elisha Figueroa, the “crazy mom” who keeps a drug testing kit in her home to test her own kids. She believes the law enforcers are too stupid to tell the difference between a drug offender and a sick child. Her bizarre testimony did not convince the Senate and House to vote against this law. Congratulations to the Senate and House who saw through this totally bigoted person. SHAME on Governor Otter who vetoes the bill relying on the advice of the likes of Figueroa and then has the audacity to offer his hollow sympathy to sufferers rather than the COMPASSION they so desperately need.

Although he resigned from Otter’s staff following ...

2015-04-21T01:44:29.326-06:00

Although he resigned from Otter’s staff following a second DUI arrest in 2005, he benefitted from the kind of leniency granted only to the powerful and well-connected: The charge was reduced to inattentive driving. This spared Tewalt a mandatory one-year license suspension, compulsory installation of an ignition interlock system, and a possible one-year prison sentence. Most importantly, the amended charge saved him from a felony when he was arrested for his third DUI just a few months later.
This is why I think I have a much bigger problem with "prosecutorial discresion" than mandatory minimums. "prosecutorial discresion" is being defined as a much needed process denied to us in the judicial system as a result of mandatory minimums. If that were so, this would not happen. If there were Really mandatory minimums, without prosecutorial discresion, hateful laws would end sooner. Please forgive my grammar. I am not skilled at this kind of thing. justice is in my heart though

"...since this approach would supposedly be r...

2015-04-20T07:30:35.416-06:00

"...since this approach would supposedly be rife with “misuse and abuse with criminal intent.”

this politician has now given us the reason to outlaw POLITICIANS...and it can't happen fast enough.

I came to Idaho seeking to get away from fascist t...

2015-04-19T19:16:51.802-06:00

I came to Idaho seeking to get away from fascist tactics but I'm heart broken over this nonsense. It became obvious to me, shortly after arriving, that there were far too many cops out and about for the population of this small state. Star, where my abode is located and gov Otter also lives, has a reputation for their aggressive policing for traffic fines. With only three ways in and out of this burg it's surprising to see these big lumbering shiny vehicles, which we all know cost an arm and a leg, in hiding ready to pounce. A microcosm of the bigger Illness afflicting the state

CBD will be legal once its a patented drug. It can...

2015-04-19T07:31:14.048-06:00

CBD will be legal once its a patented drug. It can't be a drug with approval from the FDA unless its not natural and can be a patented drug. So that patented, pharmaceutical corporation's drugs are the only drugs that are legal is nothing short of a tax. Its a known fact, that a tax is theft so that the elitist are able to keep riding on the backs of the productive. It has nothing to do with what is best for the people by honest government.

that is positively one of the best book reports on...

2015-04-18T12:38:18.670-06:00

that is positively one of the best book reports on Animal Farm, ever.

and you didn't even use the "J" word.

oh yeah,

http://crooksandliars.com/heather/rachel-maddow-show-mcveigh-tapes

this is the same Idaho that still hasn't prosecuted
ADL/FBI State sponsored terrorist Lon Horiuchi for his "Constitutional" head shot of Vickie Weaver...

define : Authority

sincerely

Davy