Georgetown University

Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory

FACULTY, LAW CENTER

In the news

Randy Barnett, the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory, on medical marijuana users after the Department of Justice announced it would not prosecute medicinal marijuana use:

"It's obvious that if they're not going to be prosecuted by the feds, and they're not going to be prosecuted by the states, they now are free of a huge legal threat. That's big from the point of view of the sick and suffering." Medical Marijuana Policy Move Sparks Cautious Optimism October 24, 2009, CNN.com
Health Care Overhaul and Mandatory Coverage Stir States’ Rights Claims September 28, 2009, The New York Times
High Court Term Begins Quietly in Campaign Season October 4, 2008, The Associated Press