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_heimdall 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users

That is a somewhat different scenario as the battle over marijuana laws would boil down to a state's rights issue. Many states have claimed authority over deciding whether marijuana is legal, effectively claiming that the federal government doesn't have jurisdiction on the issue.

tsimionescu 3 months ago [–]

That doesn't change the fact that the president has instructed the DoJ to not enforce a federal law passed legally by Congress.

_heimdall 3 months ago | [–]

Sure, I'm not arguing that. The context is just different enough to be important in my opinion.

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