article_snippet.sent: his attorney general then said: ‘There is a different circumstance when you have states that a democratically adopted law that legalizes marijuana.' 'When that happens that's a change in the legal standard, and then you have to apply conflict of law standards,' Cruz, the former solicitor general of Texas, said. '
article_snippet.sent: Cruz's stance on the issue presents a problem the politician who has said the 'most dangerous' aspect of President Barack Obama's tenure ‘has been lawlessness, the unwillingness of President Barack Obama to follow federal law or our Constitution.
article_snippet.sent: A strict Constitutionalist who has made a career for himself by bashing President Barack Obama for straying from President Barack Obama principles, Cruz's promise to respect the founding document has been at the center of himself campaign for presidency.
article_snippet.sent: Daily Mail Online followed up on the statement in an email to Cruz's presidential campaign and pointed out that the constitutional scholar  seemed to arguing that states’ rights should supersede federal law in this specific ‘circumstance’ -  marijuana policy - and that he'd legally get around the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution by claiming that ‘conflict of law standards’ should apply.
article_snippet.sent: It further pointed out that the Obama administration's alleged violation of Article II of the Constitution, the section that pertains to the executive branch, is not dissimilar from Cruz's own intentions.
article_snippet.sent: A former solicitor general of Texas, Cruz's stance on pot resents a problem the politician who has said the 'most dangerous' aspect of President Barack Obama's tenure ‘has been lawlessness, the unwillingness of President Barack Obama to follow federal law or the Constitution' Accompanying Cruz on the trip was President Barack Obama wife Heidi.
article_snippet.sent: In response to Daily Mail Online's email, a spokesperson for Cruz said in a statement: 'Just because federal case law allows the federal government to assert the Supremacy Clause to try to displace state law, does not mean that in every instance the federal government should do so.'
article_snippet.sent: The Framers of the Constitution understood cooperative federalism--the overlapping spheres of authority between the federal and state governments--and federal law enforcement can and often should respect and incorporate state law,' the statement from Cruz's campaign continued. '
article_snippet.sent: She also made clear that Cruz is of the opinion that the Justice Departmentlacks the authority to simply refuse to enforce current federal law' in states that have not passed their own marijuana laws.