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In a brief filed with the Court on Wednesday night, Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli argues in part that the case is not properly before the Court.
The case highlights the tension between a state -- Colorado -- that has chosen to legalize marijuana, and others, such as Nebraska and Oklahoma, who say they are having difficulties protecting their borders from the increased flow of the drug.
Last spring, the Supreme Court asked for the administration's views as the justices decide whether to take up the case.
"Entering the type of dispute at issue here -- essentially that one state's laws make it more likely that third parties will violate federal and state law in another state -- would represent a substantial and unwarranted expansion of this Court's" jurisdiction, Verilli argued.
He also said that lawyers for the states of Nebraska and Oklahoma should have filed their case first...
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