Justice Department Tells SCOTUS to Pass on Cannabis Cases

President Joe Biden’s administration told the U.S. Supreme Court it should not agree to review a pair of decisions in which Minnesota’s high court said employers can’t be compelled to reimburse injured workers for medical cannabis because it would force them to violate federal law. “The petitions in these cases, which present a novel question in a rapidly evolving area of law, do not warrant this court’s review,” the Department of Justice said in a brief filed Monday. “The judgments below are correct for the straightforward reason that when a federal ...