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Democrats urge Biden administration to deschedule marijuana
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The headline is a little disingenuous because Biden himself doesn't actually have the power to make the DEA reschedule it. All he can do is tell them he wants them to. The Controlled Substances Act takes it out of the president's hands. I realize that makes no sense since the DEA is in the executive branch, but welcome to American politics.
You're telling me he can't fire the DEA chief until he gets results. I call bull.
He would need to get another chief approved. This is not a rubber stamp Senate.
That's a risk I'm willing to take.
There are such things as acting chiefs as well. I keep firing them until we got somebody favorable
Trump tried to do that to get an attorney general who would help him out. It did not go well.
What do you mean it didn't turn out well? Seems like there were actually zero consequences. I love that Trump was allowed to use the awesome powers of the president to hurt people, but Biden's not allowed to use them to help people. That's where the line is, apparently.
It's more akin to Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre, where he kept ordering the next Attorney General successor to fire a special prosecutor until someone finally did it. This finally convinced Congress to get off their ass and start the impeachment process. Republicans then spent the next few decades building a system to make sure a Republican President would never have to face consequences like that again.
Right, that's kind of my point. Presidents can do a whole lot to cover their own ass and do illegal activities, but they can't do anything to help the people, such as decriminalizing marijuana.
It's a gross double standard.
Some of us think that kind of thing is unacceptable no matter who the president is.
Do you find it more objectionable than locking people up for marijuana possession, ruining their lives? I dont
Changing the DEA scheduling well change things a lot less than you seem to think. It's states that lock people up for simple possession, not the federal government.
Apart from the consequence of Trump being unable to stay in office after declaring the election a fraud. Which is why he kept firing them.
Are you implying that by doing something incredibly popular would cause electoral consequences for Biden? Because what you just listed was that Trump lost the election. He faced no fruitful systemic challenges to anything he did ever.
I'm saying that firing AG after AG did not get Trump what he wanted, so I don't know why you think it would work in this case.
Right, I'm just saying that the context is incredibly important. It is a popular political maneuver.
The point is that if Biden ordered it, it's likely that this DEA chief would oblige. We've created this hypothetical where they just won't for some reason. And then that's when you strong arm.
I'm just really tired of nothing good happening ever because we lack the creativity.
And then SCOTUS will use that as evidence of capricious executive policy making like they have been doing a bunch recently.
Now, if they go through all the reviews and the various agencies in charge recommend rescheduling and the DEA still refuses, that's when Biden might consider firing someone. But definitely not before the review process is complete.
Thats when you pack the court with recess appointments