How can the District implement the city's long-overdue medical marijuana program while limiting their legal liability? Simple -- fine print. more ›

The Obama administration's hands-off approach when it comes to states with medical marijuana programs seems to have come to a swift end, provoking fears that the District's own nascent program will grind to a halt before licenses are even granted for dispensaries and cultivation centers. more ›

In news that is sure to slow the momentum of the D.C. House Voting Rights Act, the Post has a front page story this morning about how lawyers at the Department of Justice believe that the measure is unconstitutional. An unpublished opinion from the department's Office of Legal Counsel was apparently rejected by Attorney General Eric Holder, who instead asked the solicitor general's office to weigh whether the government could defend the legislation if it was challenged in court. It could, states the article. more ›