Vermont has Gone Green
For anyone that has ever had a social studies or government class, you know all about the foundation of the U.S. government and the separation of powers between the states and the federal government known as federalism. Now how exactly is a simple plant threatening the whole institution of American government? The cannabis plant has stirred quite the controversy in the U.S. for many years, and the legalization of it in the states while the federal government still opposes it has called federalism into question. Who has more power? The correct answer is the federal government. The laws put in place by the federal government are the supreme laws of the land. How then are states defying federal laws and getting away with it? It appears that in this case that the federal government has decided to take a step back and give the states a pass. Considering the new administration's more conservative way of governing, will the federal government soon crack down on these defiant states, ...