Clarence Thomas is right about one thing: Legalized, recreational marijuana is a reality

Thomas’s underlying project, by the way, isn’t marijuana-related. He wants to rein in federal power. In 2005, in Gonzales v. Raich, Thomas dissented when the court ruled that the federal power to regulate interstate commerce could prevent two California women from growing or using marijuana solely for their own medicinal use, legal under state law. Then there were nine states that authorized medical marijuana, and none that permitted recreational use; now there are 36 and 18, respectively.