. . . and THIS is what you can depend on Libertarian Scott Gesty to help get done.
From the Mercury News (California):
But he hasn't. He's been silent on this issue, like so many others.
Time for a real change.
Here's what Scotty Gesty says: "I'll vote to end the Federal 'war on cancer patients'."
From the Mercury News (California):
A Bay Area congresswoman's new bill would bar federal prosecutors from filing civil lawsuits to seize property from landlords whose tenants comply with states' medical marijuana laws.
"The people of California have made it legal for patients to have safe access to medicinal marijuana and, as a result, thousands of small business owners have invested millions of dollars in building their companies, creating jobs, and paying their taxes," Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, said in a statement issued Friday by Americans for Safe Access.
"We should be protecting and implementing the will of voters, not undermining our democracy by prosecuting small business owners who pay taxes and comply with the laws of their states in providing medicine to patients in need," she said.
U.S. Attorneys for more than a year have been threatening landlords of medical marijuana dispensaries with civil asset forfeiture proceedings if they don't kick their tenants out -- more than 300 such letters have gone to property owners in California, Colorado and some of the 15 other states with medical marijuana laws.
Landlords whose properties are seized this way can try to retrieve them in civil court, but they're not afforded many of the constitutional rights granted to criminal defendants, such as the right to an attorney and a jury trial. And the burden of proof is on the property owner to show innocence rather than the government having to prove guilt.
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Lee's HR 6335 would prohibit the Justice Department from using civil asset forfeiture to go after properties so long as the medical marijuana tenants comply with state law; those in violation of state law would still be fair game. Among the bill's eight original cosponsors are Rep. Mike Honda, D-Campbell, and Rep. Pete Stark, D-Fremont.John Carney could have chosen to fight for the rights of Delaware cancer patients and the doctors/providers who could insure them access to medical marijuana.
But he hasn't. He's been silent on this issue, like so many others.
Time for a real change.
Here's what Scotty Gesty says: "I'll vote to end the Federal 'war on cancer patients'."
The Scotty Gesty "Dog Days of August" Money Grenade is going on now.
We have an unprecedented chance to get Scott's freedom-oriented message out,
while exposing the truth about John Carney in Congress.
But we need your help.
Comments
"Legislation should be passed that prohibits use of Civil Forfeiture on property belonging to any person who has not been convicted of a felony, limits the scope of any Forfeiture actions to the direct proceeds of proven criminal activity, and guarantees the owner the right to a trial by jury."