PARTY LINE ON STATES' RIGHTS

Re "Thomas' disturbing views in dissent to pot ruling," commentary, June
10: Pia Lopez's commentary on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Gonzales v.
Raich makes clear she is not an attorney, and even more clear she is a
liberal who tows the party line.

Though Californians and other states overwhelmingly have voted that dying
people should be able to use medicinal marijuana, it is her view that
politicians from Massachusetts, Vermont and other states should decide what
is best for the people of California rather than the citizens who actually
live here.

She rails against Justice Clarence Thomas for his vote to let the citizens
of each state make their own decisions stating, "Thomas takes the radical
view ... that only actual exchanges across state borders can be subject to
national law." Duh, that is why it is called the Interstate Commerce Act
and not the Intra-state Commerce Act.

- - Matthew Corsaut, Rancho Murieta