No. 21-54

In Re Chad Anthony Ray

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2021-07-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: constitutional-rights controlled-substances criminal-law due-process habeas-corpus liberty liberty-rights marijuana-criminalization political-question search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether federal marijuana laws are constitutional

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Federal marijuana laws are constitutional because marijuana is not a fundamental right. Judicial review of these criminal laws has been rational basis, a political question. Petitioner is a political prisoner. Marijuana laws are a political question because of ineffective assistance of ' officers of the court. 1. Whether “liberty” in the due process clause still means freedom from physical restraint by government police power? 2. Whether the operation and effects of the marijuana laws are an Article Ili case and controversy? 3. Whether being incarcerated is a substantial denial of Chad Anthony Ray’s constitutional right of liberty without compelling reasons for Congress to proscribe marijuana as a dangerous substance, therefore without due process of law in violation of Amendments IV and V of the Constitution of the United States and is unconstitutional? i

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-17
Petition for writ of habeas corpus filed.

Attorneys

Chad Anthony Ray
Chad Anthony Ray — Petitioner