Bill of rights: 10th Amendment
Power of states
"Chicago mayor wants marijuana decriminalized across Illinois"
http://rt.com/usa/190396-rahm-emanuel-marijuana-testimony/
This article relates to the 10th amendment because it's about a law that's not addressed in the constitution that other states get to decide on. Chicago's Mayor, Rham Emanuel's decision to support the legalization of marijuana. He spoke in support of decriminalizing pot possession across the Prairie State during an appearance before the Illinois General Assembly, where he testified about a potential lift on the state’s pot prohibition. Only Washington and Colorado currently allow adults to enjoy recreational weed, but other states across the country are increasingly authorizing medical marijuana programs that let patients enjoy pot with a valid doctor’s prescription. Twenty-three states across the US have medical marijuana program as of June, and voters in Washington, DC recently approved a measure that drastically reduces the fines levied at persons caught with small amounts of pot. Emanuel is hoping that Illinois follows in the footsteps of the nation’s capital, in decriminalizing the use of marijuana and reduce the punishment for people caught in possession of one gram or less to a misdemeanor.
http://rt.com/usa/190396-rahm-emanuel-marijuana-testimony/
This article relates to the 10th amendment because it's about a law that's not addressed in the constitution that other states get to decide on. Chicago's Mayor, Rham Emanuel's decision to support the legalization of marijuana. He spoke in support of decriminalizing pot possession across the Prairie State during an appearance before the Illinois General Assembly, where he testified about a potential lift on the state’s pot prohibition. Only Washington and Colorado currently allow adults to enjoy recreational weed, but other states across the country are increasingly authorizing medical marijuana programs that let patients enjoy pot with a valid doctor’s prescription. Twenty-three states across the US have medical marijuana program as of June, and voters in Washington, DC recently approved a measure that drastically reduces the fines levied at persons caught with small amounts of pot. Emanuel is hoping that Illinois follows in the footsteps of the nation’s capital, in decriminalizing the use of marijuana and reduce the punishment for people caught in possession of one gram or less to a misdemeanor.
This political cartoon relates to the 10th amendment because it shows how different states can have different rules on certain stuff. In this picture we see all of them other stuff that's going in the background (they're all bad for you and could be illegal in other states) but they're focusing on that men because he's holding this illegal plant.