American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU of Alaska v. State

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ACLU of Alaska v. State - ACLU Brief to Alaska Supreme Court (5/4/2007)

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Description: The ACLU's brief to the Alaska Supreme Court concerning whether the state may enter homes based solely on adults’ private possession of a small amount of marijuana. In May 2006, the Alaska legislature re-enacted a law that would criminalize private, adult marijuana possession – a law that the Alaska Supreme Court struck down in 1975. The American Civil Liberties Union challenged the law, arguing that the state constitution’s privacy provisions protect adults who use and possess marijuana in their homes from police surveillance, searches, arrest and prosecution. On July 10, 2006 a Juneau Superior Court judge struck down the legislature’s attempt to criminalize private, adult marijuana possession. The ACLU is asking the Supreme Court to affirm this lower court ruling.
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