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Reason.tv: Prop 19 - Should Californians Legalize Marijuana? On November 2, 2010, California voters will decide whether or not to legalize marijuana. If passed, Proposition 19 would control marijuana like alcohol, allowing adults 21 years of age and over to possess up to an ounce of pot for personal consumption and grow marijuana at a private residence in a space of up to 25 square feet. The initiative would also allow local governments to tax and regulate the commercial cultivation, transport, and sale of marijuana. In order to get a handle on the debate surrounding. Prop 19, we spoke to both supporters and opponents of the initiative. So what do you think? Should Californians legalize marijuana? Click here to watch. Rise of the Bitter Clingers: Understanding the Tea Party's appeal "Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now," President Barack Obama recently explained, "is because we're hard-wired not to always think clearly when we're scared." But as David Harsanyi explains, voters aren't scared; they're just paying attention and turning to candidates who, though far less than perfect and not always sophisticated, better reflect their sensibilities. http://reason.com/archives/2010/10/20/rise-of-the-bitter-clingers The Amazing Elastic Commerce Clause: The individual health insurance mandate tugs on an overstretched federal power. "If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause," Justice Clarence Thomas warned in a 2005 case involving homegrown medical marijuana, "then it can regulate virtually anything-and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers." Senior Editor Jacob Sullum says the Obama administration, which was in court this week defending the new federal requirement that every American obtain government-designed health insurance, seems determined to prove Thomas right. http://reason.com/archives/2010/10/20/the-amazing-elastic-commerce-c Hit & Run, Reason's Staff Blog Vote No, Because Otherwise Reckless Cops Enforcing Terrible or Even Non-Applicable Laws Might Arrest You I suppose there are many ways one could react to the news that the local sheriff is openly threatening to lock people up beginning Nov. 3 for engaging in non-violent activities that may well be 100 percent legal under state law, and that (partly at the sheriff's urging) the federal government, too, is threatening to expend allegedly limited resources to haul away people at gunpoint and toss them into human meat lockers for choosing to ingest a non-deadly substance that the citizens of at least one forward-looking state may have decided is worth making legal. One may react, for instance, by suggesting that this is as blatant an attempt at direct voter intimidation via state gunpower that one can remember.... Read the rest here. Posted by Matt Welch http://reason.com/blog/2010/10/20/vote-no-because-otherwise-reck Daily Brickbat Barroom Brawl New Haven, Connecticut, police raided a private party at a local club in SWAT gear and carrying rifles and ordered everyone to the ground. Why? They wanted to check IDs for underage drinking and make sure the club wasn't filled beyond the legal capacity. They say it was, with 256 people in the club, which is only supposed to hold 150. http://reason.com/brickbat Try Reason's award-winning print edition today! Your first issue is FREE if you are not completely satisfied. http://www.reason.com/subscribe

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