Juror's challenge raises legal issue - The Boston Globe

boston.com — Given that it took the 18th Amendment of the US Constitution in 1919 to pave the way for Prohibition, a juror wanted to know from the judge, where "is the constitutional grant of authority to ban mere possession of cocaine today?" Does jury nullification threaten democracy? "I was like Alice talking to Humpty Dumpty in 'Through the Looking Glass.'"