Brittney Griner found guilty in Russian court, sentenced to nine years in prison

[jessilin0113]

I hope everybody who thinks this sentence is overly harsh takes a good hard look at some of the people we've imprisoned for similar issues.

[Lemons]

I hope everybody who thinks this sentence is overly harsh takes a good hard look at some of the people we've imprisoned for similar issues.

That’s why it’s hard to listen to Biden telling Russia how wrong they are. If you are in certain parts of this country right now you can be arrested and jailed for the same amount of Hash that Brittney was carrying.

Schumer has actually introduced a bill to decriminalize it on the federal level. Studies show there is a majority of people who support legalization in all fifty states.

Biden needs to be working side by side with Schumer to ensure something like this passes.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/2 ... l-00047058

[RIZZY1]

If you agree with her, I hope you know that the president doesn’t make laws…

We do understand the three branches of government, especially Preserved. Biden could get it passed a lot easier than he and Obama got Obamacare passed.

Preserved? The President is legislative not executive. All I said was the President doesn’t make laws. His job is to carry out laws. He may be able to influence the executive branch, but he can’t just get something passed just because he wants it passed. I don’t give two hairs if marijuana is passed at a federal level or not as I don’t smoke or whatever else you do with it. I doubt he could get it passed any easier than they passed the affordable care act - which is not Obamacare.

The President is part of the legislative branch?

[Quorra2.0]

Griner played in Russia for years, foreign players are given guidance on the laws to help them avoid problems.

I feel bad that she's going through this and is facing a decade in prison, but also recognize she is at fault and 100% responsible for her troubles.

I do think that she might have assumed that Russian authorities would make an exception in her case because she was an athlete (think FIFA where Russians allowed weed, heroin and cocaine on patrons if they had a "prescription". But this is a different political time and she should have known better.

I also wonder if she was fully aware that she was carrying THC vape. She had less than 1gram which is the equivalent of a partially used vape cartridge. So obviously wasn't traveling with a supply to be used her entire time in Russia.

I do feel incredibly sad for her as well as for Marc Foley who was arrested in Russia on similar charges last year.

What she had originally said was she hadn’t realized it was still in her travel bag and had not intended to bring it with her.

[Quorra2.0]

I can’t imagine that was her first time bringing in her prescription THC to Russia. I think that was her sixth season.

Biden annoys me with his indignation over the prison sentence. He has the power to legalize weed on the federal level and he hasn’t. so it’s still a criminal offense in most states. Most of the Midwest won’t even allow sick people to use it for relief of their symptoms. He still talks about weed being a gateway drug like it’s 1979.

Believe it or not the proposed bill doesn’t have a lot of support with legalized states and I have to agree with why they aren’t supporting it. You’re talking up to nearly 50% tax between state tax and federal tax.

[Quorra2.0]

We do understand the three branches of government, especially Preserved. Biden could get it passed a lot easier than he and Obama got Obamacare passed.

Preserved? The President is legislative not executive. All I said was the President doesn’t make laws. His job is to carry out laws. He may be able to influence the executive branch, but he can’t just get something passed just because he wants it passed. I don’t give two hairs if marijuana is passed at a federal level or not as I don’t smoke or whatever else you do with it. I doubt he could get it passed any easier than they passed the affordable care act - which is not Obamacare.

The President is part of the legislative branch?

The President is part of the executive branch. Legislative is the senate and House of Representatives.

[RIZZY1]

Preserved? The President is legislative not executive. All I said was the President doesn’t make laws. His job is to carry out laws. He may be able to influence the executive branch, but he can’t just get something passed just because he wants it passed. I don’t give two hairs if marijuana is passed at a federal level or not as I don’t smoke or whatever else you do with it. I doubt he could get it passed any easier than they passed the affordable care act - which is not Obamacare.

The President is part of the legislative branch?

The President is part of the executive branch. Legislative is the senate and House of Representatives.

Maybe that's what they meant to say.

[Quorra2.0]

The President is part of the legislative branch?

The President is part of the executive branch. Legislative is the senate and House of Representatives.

Maybe that's what they meant to say.

Maybe It’s a system of checks and balances so though legislative branch writes legislation, the president can issue executive orders as well as hold veto power over legislation. Congress in turn can override a regular veto with a 2/3 vote. A pocket veto on the other hand can not be overridden by congress.

[RIZZY1]

The President is part of the executive branch. Legislative is the senate and House of Representatives.

Maybe that's what they meant to say.

Maybe It’s a system of checks and balances so though legislative branch writes legislation, the president can issue executive orders as well as hold veto power over legislation. Congress in turn can override a regular veto with a 2/3 vote. A pocket veto on the other hand can not be overridden by congress.

Yep. I used to teach this in 6th grade.

[Della]

If you agree with her, I hope you know that the president doesn’t make laws…

We do understand the three branches of government, especially Preserved. Biden could get it passed a lot easier than he and Obama got Obamacare passed.

Preserved? The President is legislative not executive. All I said was the President doesn’t make laws. His job is to carry out laws. He may be able to influence the executive branch, but he can’t just get something passed just because he wants it passed. I don’t give two hairs if marijuana is passed at a federal level or not as I don’t smoke or whatever else you do with it. I doubt he could get it passed any easier than they passed the affordable care act - which is not Obamacare.

When did the POTUS become Legislative?