I don’t live anywhere near California and I only know what little I do know about Proposition 19 through what I’ve read in a few news articles about it. From what little I am aware of it seems the majority of state/local level politicians including both the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor in that state are opposed to it. It seems the majority of voters themselves are supporting it however. I always though the government was supposed to be for the people, by the people.
On the federal level it appears nine former administrators of the Drug Enforcement Administration have issued a preemptive call to the White House: If Prop 19 passes, they say, President Obama should sue the state of California.
According to a letter sent to Attorney General Eric Holder, the former DEA officials wrote the potential legalization of marijuana would challenge federal authority and merit a lawsuit against the state – much like the one Obama has filed in protest of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, which the administration (DEA) says contradicts national policy.
Quote from the letter to Holder “We would expect the Department of Justice to act just as swiftly and for the same reason,” the DEA administrators said of the potential (likely in my opinion) passage of Proposition 19.
Will the federal government intervene here and try to overpower the state lawmakers and voters wishes and if so how far would the feds be willing to go with this type of enforcement which would be very costly to taxpayers since a sting on this level would require massive resources in my opinion. I guess we’ll wait and see.