Supreme Court postpones marijuana case for Antonin Scalia memorial ceremony

The Supreme Court was scheduled to confer over a major marijuana case Feb. 19 but has postponed the meeting due to late Justice Antonin Scalia’s memorial ceremony at the Supreme Court falling on the same day, according a SCOTUS Blog report.

The Supreme Court was set to weigh in on a challenge to Colorado’s marijuana legalization law launched by Nebraska and Oklahoma.

The two neighboring states claim Colorado’s marijuana law has created a situation where marijuana is now illegally crossing the border into their states. They argue that the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause means federal drug laws override states’ rights to legalize marijuana.

Some say Scalia’s absence puts the challenge to Colorado’s marijuana law on shaky ground.

Justice Scalia, 79, died last Saturday at a hunting ranch in Texas. The conservative Constitutional Originalist had served on the Supreme Court since his unanimous appointment in 1986.

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