Michael Barone: 21st Amendment shows the way to pot federalism

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Members of Congress from states that have legalized marijuana are complaining about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement that the Justice Department will enforce federal laws against weed. Their critics have said that their proper remedy is to get Congress to change federal law.

How to do that, with the votes lacking for legalization? One model is the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment imposing prohibition of alcohol.

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