U.S. Urges Justices to Pass on Colorado Marijuana Law Dispute

The Obama administration on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to referee the dispute among Nebraska, Oklahoma and Colorado over the impact of Colorado's new law legalizing recreational use of marijuana. U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. said in a brief filed Wednesday that the court's "original jurisdiction," usually reserved for disputes over boundaries and water rights, was not the appropriate forum for resolving differences between states over marijuana laws.