Raich v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis

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16 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions

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1. ““[W]here it is impossible to know whether a party will ever be found to have violated a statute, or how, if such a violation is found, those charged with enforcing the statute will respond, any challenge to that statute is premature.” Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. City of Long Beach, 951 F.2d 977 , 986 (9th Cir.1991). To satisfy Article Ill’s standing requirements, a plaintiff must show that she has suffered a concrete and particularized injury in fact that is actual or imminent (not conjectural or hypothetical). Plaintiff must also show that the injury is fairly traceable to the challenged action of the defendant and that it is likely, as opposed to merely speculative, that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision. Citizens for Better Forestry v. United States Dep’t of Agric., 341 F.3d 961 , 969 (9th Cir.2003).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Raich v. Gonzales

2. “the intrastate, noncommercial cultivation and possession of cannabis for personal medical purposes as recommended by a patient's physician pursuant to a valid California state law,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Oregon v. Ashcroft