Blog Post 3.1 - "What's up with POTUS lately?"

1. States resisted the commission, failing to provide information that the commission states is basic and the states declare is overreach. 
2. His administration has declared that there is substantial evidence of voter fraud but has never provided this proof. He also claimed that millions of people voted illegally in 2016, which cost him the popular vote. 
3. Only 35 total credible accusations between 2000 and 2014, just a few hundred ballots at most, when more than 800 million ballots were cast in national general elections and a few more hundred million were cast in other elections. 
4. Only one out of nearly 4.8 total million votes in 2016, which is only 0.00002% of all votes. 
5. Trump cites a 2012 Pew Center report, which didn't even look at voter fraud. 
6. Republicans use voter fraud to enact real changes in policy that lead to voter suppression of minority and Democratic votes, particularly eligible black voters. 
7. Sessions has rescinded previous guidelines from the Obama administration that allowed states to legalize marijuana without federal intervention. Federal prosecutors can use their own discretion in cracking down on marijuana businesses in states where recreational use is legal. 
8. The Obama administration allowed states to legalize marijuana as long as they met certain criteria. They took a soft approach to enforcing restrictions. 
9. The Cole memo said that as long as states followed some rules, like not letting kids get legal pot or not letting it go across state borders, then the federal government wouldn't crack down. States can carry out their own legalization schemes with little federal interference. 
10. The new policy could cost potential jobs and tax revenue and hurt efforts to legalize marijuana. It is possible that the Justice Department could shut down the entire legal marijuana industry. No one will have any idea about the legality about any situation. 
11. Congress could legalize marijuana at the federal level, or at least limit federal enforcement. 
12. It lets the federal government go against the wishes of popular votes, and it also goes against the wishes of national opinion, even among Republicans.