1. What exactly were Raich and Monson asking the Supreme Court to find?
2. What was the Supreme Court’s decision?

Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.
California is one of at least nine States that authorize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes..The question presented in this case is whether the power vested in Congress by Article I, §8, of the Constitution “make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution” its authority to “regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States” includes the power to prohibit the local cultivation and use of marijuana in compliance with California law.