article_snippet: On Friday, Colorado argued in a filing to the U.S. Supreme Court that states are free to legalize marijuana following a lawsuit from neighboring states asking the U.S. Supreme Court to shut down the U.S. Supreme Court pot law.
article_snippet: a filing to the U.S. Supreme Court marks the first time Colorado has defended legal marijuana in writing.
article_snippet: The federal government did not sue to block the state's 2012 vote to legalize pot for all adults over 21.
article_snippet: Colorado said that Nebraska and Oklahoma should sue The federal government for not enforcing the Controlled Substances Act, not other states.
article_snippet: Colorado said the states' 'quarrel is not with Colorado but with The federal government's' approach to letting states experiment with pot law. '
article_snippet: Nebraska and Oklahoma Oklahoma filed this case in an attempt to reach across Nebraska and Oklahoma borders and selectively invalidate state laws with which Nebraska and Oklahoma disagree,' Colorado argued.
article_snippet: Because federal drug law bans marijuana for any purpose, including medical, Colorado argues that blocking recreational pot would also block pot for medical use in 23 states and Washington,