New York Immigration Lawyers

›› Home Court Opinions Topics & Themes   Asset Forfeitures   Conspiracy   Drug Policy Opinion   Drugs: Types, Dosages, Effects   First Amendment   Justiciability   Medicinal Marijuana   Policy Considerations   Proportionality   Reasonable Expectation of Privacy   Searches and Seizures      Airports      Borders      Consent      Drug Testing      Dwellings      Exclusionary Rule      Grounds for a Search      Informants      Mail      Nuances of Detention      Personal Items      Private Action      Roads and Vehicles      Tools and Augmentation      Warrants   Sentencing and Penalties Authors Trivia

Welcome to DrugPolicyCases.com About This Site New Developments for 2007 Read about the Court tackling the Crack/Cocaine sentencing disparity and Justice Stevens' dissent in the "BONG HiTS 4 JESUS" case. This site is the product of my research into the Supreme Court decisions that resulted from the Court ruling on issues that reflect various aspects of our nation's ongoing War on Drugs. My goal was to comb through these decisions for excerpts that reflect the position of their authors on a particular issue discussed. By coalescing excerpts from dozens of opinions spanning the period from 1984 to the present into distinct topical threads, I was hoping to discern certain trends in the Court's treatment of various issues pertaining to the our nation's legal approach to the War on Drugs. The list of topics that interested me can be found in the left menu or by clicking on the Topics & Themes link. Naturally, since the main thrust of the War on Drugs is the criminalization of the use and distribution of illicit substances, a lot of these issues concern the Fourth Amendment. However, I was also interested in the Justices' personal opinion on the subject matter as well as on gauging how much their decisions were based on a formalistic, activist or a hands-off approach. These strands can be found in the Drug Policy Opinion, Justiciability, and Proportionality sections. Each section page contains a description of the topic right below the title. I deliberately did not include any of my commentary or opinion. Of course, my selection of opinions, excerpts and topics cannot be deemed completely objective, but no direct treatment of the material presented is included on this site. The goal is for a reader to get a sense of the treatment of a particular topic discussed by consulting the primary sources themeselves. About Me My name is Yakov Spektor and I am a lawyer, working for the law firm of Smotritsky & Spektor, PLLC. My interests include research into the Drug War jurisprudence, federal Immigration Law, the Law of War and the related international law, and the Criminal Law and Procedure. If you are interested, you can check out my blog for any tidbits on drug policy that I am sometimes compelled to write about. I am always happy to receive any comments or suggestions regarding this site or the issues listed above. I can be reached at yakovspektor [AT] gmail.com.

Drug Info - list of authority sites on various drugs. StopTheDrugWar.org Media Awareness Project Drug War Facts - just what the website name says. Very informative. Cigarettes © 2007 Yakov Spektor Privacy Policy