The group behind efforts to legalize recreational marijuana in Arizona has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit seeking to keep the initiative off the November ballot.
Attorneys with the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol wrote in court documents that efforts to block the initiative are more about politics and ideology than defending state law.
They also said paternal concern by the campaign's opponents should not keep voters from making up their own minds.
Legal arguments against the initiative appear weak, but causing delays can be just as effective as winning in the courtroom, said trial attorney Scott Halverson, who is not involved in the case.
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Attorneys with the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol wrote in court documents that efforts to block the initiative are more about politics and ideology than defending state law.
They also said paternal concern by the campaign's opponents should not keep voters from making up their own minds.
Legal arguments against the initiative appear weak, but causing delays can be just as effective as winning in the courtroom, said trial attorney Scott Halverson, who is not involved in the case.
Read more
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