The U.S. Supreme Court asked in May for the views of the Obama administration on a dispute between states over Colorado’s 2012 legalization of marijuana. The action is a sign that the high court is interested in the dispute, which came to the justices through its so-called original jurisdiction over lawsuits between the states.
Then-Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning and Oklahoma Attorney General E. Scott Pruitt brought the case to the Supreme Court in December. Nebraska’s new attorney general, Doug Peterson, who took office in January, has continued the litigation. Original jurisdiction cases usually involve boundaries or water rights, but this case would air a major policy dispute over commerce in drugs.
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