Although the United States and Colombia have cooperated in the past when providing to paramilitary assistance in pushing back the drug trade, the United States has overstepped their boundaries.

Scalia’s death and the rancor it has surfaced should be a reminder that justice should trump politics. Even though divided and gridlocked government is now the norm, ideally the Supreme Court should be impervious to politics, and its efficacy should not be constrained by government impasses.

NYU's chapters of the American Constitution Society and Students for a Sensible Drug Policy held "If Not Criminal Law, What Do We Do About Pot?" on Nov. 17.