Biden promised to get rid of student loans as well. He started the program right before the 2022 election, and it got ruled illegal right after it. Maybe he'll make weed legal by executive order in October of 2024, only for the courts to rule "wait, you don't have that power" in December of 2024.
Law should be what society wants the law to be. Law should not be what some elite minority ruling class wants the law to be.
Democracy is how we find out what society wants.
It's supposed to be, but the GOP has been undermining the shit out of it to try and keep the power they have left.
Federal pardons have been issued for possession crimes, and removing it from being Schedule 1 is currently underway. It's the federal government, so nothing is fast and everything takes forever, but I don't think it's really accurate to say that he's done nothing.
Especially given that essentially zero people are now prosecuted federally for weed possession now, a bit of a wait for the bureaucratic gears to turn feels fine enough for me.
Yeah it helped about 6500 people, but the rest is taking way too long, even by government standards.
At this point I’m not holding my breath he ever gets it done, so I guess check back with me in 2024.
Dude promised to do it if elected in 2020…soooo.
Biden promised to get rid of student loans as well. He started the program right before the 2022 election, and it got ruled illegal right after it. Maybe he'll make weed legal by executive order in October of 2024, only for the courts to rule "wait, you don't have that power" in December of 2024.
Law should be what society wants the law to be. Law should not be what some elite minority ruling class wants the law to be.
Democracy is how we find out what society wants.
It's supposed to be, but the GOP has been undermining the shit out of it to try and keep the power they have left.
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/biden-promise-tracker/promise/1529/decriminalize-marijuana/
Federal pardons have been issued for possession crimes, and removing it from being Schedule 1 is currently underway. It's the federal government, so nothing is fast and everything takes forever, but I don't think it's really accurate to say that he's done nothing.
Especially given that essentially zero people are now prosecuted federally for weed possession now, a bit of a wait for the bureaucratic gears to turn feels fine enough for me.
Yeah it helped about 6500 people, but the rest is taking way too long, even by government standards.
At this point I’m not holding my breath he ever gets it done, so I guess check back with me in 2024.