Merrick Garland

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) has accused her colleague, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), of being racist over her "fake eyelashes" taunt. What Happened: Crockett, during a recent hearing, was taunted by Greene over her physical appearance. This led to a heated exchange, with Crockett...

What are the legal consequences of rescheduling cannabis to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)? Now that President Joe Biden has announced that his administration is officially moving to reschedule marijuana under federal law, followed by the Department of Justice's (DOJ)...

Shortly after President Joe Biden revealed plans to reclassify cannabis as a Schedule III substance Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) followed with an announcement that Attorney General Merrick Garland has formally initiated the rescheduling process with the submission of a legal review....

Prompted by Attorney General Merrick Garland's proposal to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, Congressman Earl Blumenauer, founder and co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, continues to push President Joe Biden's administration to put an end to the failed federal...

A coalition of 20 U.S. Democratic lawmakers sent a letter on Wednesday to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Department of Justice, calling for the prompt removal of marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and John...

Maine’s law enforcement agencies recently busted another illegal grow operation seizing 40 pounds (18 kilograms) of processed cannabis, reported the Associated Press. Xisen Guo, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in China, was behind a hidden high-tech cannabis grow operation from his house in...

Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) raised concerns with Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFER) Banking Act in a recent Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing. Reed focused specifically on the contentious Section 10. This provision, criticized for...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) made a bold assertion in a court filing on Friday: state cannabis legalization has bolstered tourism. This claim forms part of the DOJ’s strategy to seek dismissal of a lawsuit brought by leading cannabis companies challenging federal prohibition against state-...

In a letter to President Joe Biden on Thursday, a group of law enforcement leaders urged the administration to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I drug, considered to have no accepted medical use, to a Schedule III, which are “substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with a moderate...

Rep Blumenauer sent another letter to the DEA's Anne Milgram, pushing for more transparency and action on cannabis reform. He urges 'full descheduling' of cannabis and for the DEA to prioritize public safety rather than criminalization. Nearly two months after receiving a vague response...

A bipartisan group of 50 congress members from the House and Senate are urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to look into potential connections between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and illicit cannabis cultivation operations throughout the United States, reported Daily Caller News...

A group of 12 Democratic U.S. senators are urging the Drug Enforcement Administration this week to fully legalize cannabis. Led by Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and John Fetterman (D-Penn.), the senators sent a letter signed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), to Attorney General Merrick...

In response to a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland challenging federal marijuana prohibition in state markets, the Justice Department (DOJ) plans to request dismissal. The lawsuit argues that continued prohibition harms businesses and public safety, while denying them financial...

Though another year has slipped away without cannabis legalization or rescheduling on the federal level, the SAFE Banking Act still lingering somewhere in the halls of Congress and with precious few long-anticipated reforms enacted…other milestones took place in 2023. Health and Human...

The world's largest crypto exchange Binance (CRYPTO: BNB), along with its CEO Changpeng Zhao, admitted guilt to federal charges Tuesday as part of a resolution with the U.S. Justice Department amounting to over $4 billion.  Binance conceded to violations related to the...