Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek C. Julius is controlling the process.

Because of Julis, no pro-cannabis attorneys or organizations were given “standing” to make their pitch for federal cannabis legal progress.

Among those excluded were Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), the Drug Policy Alliance, NORML, Doctors for Drug Policy Reform, the Reason Foundation, and advocates representing individuals harmed by federal cannabis prohibition.

The only way to get “standing” was if you were arguing that marijuana legalization was somehow bad.