October 7, 2026
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US Supreme Court: Federal law DOES NOT trump state laws on medical marijuana
by Steve Kubby, Director, The American Medical Marijuana Association
Last Monday, the US Supreme Court Monday quietly, but overwhelmingly destroyed the allegations by state law enforcement that, “Federal law trumps state laws on medical marijuana.”…
Posted at LP.org
Libertarian Party founded on Dec. 11, 1971
The Libertarian Party, America’s third-largest political party, is celebrating its 37th birthday.
“Since we began in 1971, we’ve elected hundreds of Libertarians to public office across the country,” says Libertarian Party National Chairman William Redpath.
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From the Wausau Daily Herald, by way of Madison NORML:
COLUMN: PROHIBITION NEVER HAS WORKED
This month marks 75 years since America repealed its disastrous alcohol Prohibition.
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From the Los Angeles Times blog:
You see some strong stuff on the streets of Mexico City. Women begging with babies in their arms, young kids, high on glue, washing car windshields and children no older than 5 trying to sell chewing gum and lollipops to people eating at sidewalk restaurant tables.
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Posted at On The Wider Side
Dear Supporters of Malik Rahim for Congress:
Thank you for your hard work, monetary contributions, and dedication to Malik’s Green Party Congressional campaign.
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By Mark Pazniokas in the Hartford Courant:
BRIDGEPORT – — A political scientist strongly defended Connecticut’s new program of publicly financed campaigns Wednesday against discrimination claims by the Green and Libertarian parties.
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An LNC member who has asked to remain anonymous explains,
There is no “policy” (on what is included in the LNC binder which committee members and interested members of the gallery receive at LNC meetings), or at least not a policy that is followed fairly.
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Forwarded by an anonymous source. These have not been approved by the committee, and there are likely to be revisions.
They were made available in two formats: 1.…
The following resolution was considered and rejected by the LNC in San Diego. During the live reporting of the event, the question came up from at least one of our readers what the resolution under discussion was, and I incorrectly determined that what was being discussed was another document that we had already previously posted (LNC resolution for the suspension of Bill Redpath).…