State of Arizona, Appellee v. Andre Lee Juwaun Maestas, Appellant.

Summary

The court held that the constitutional challenge to the university-campus marijuana restriction was justiciable and that the restriction amended the voter-enacted medical-marijuana initiative. Because the restriction did not further the initiative's purpose of protecting qualified patients from criminal penalties, it violated the Voter Protection Act as applied to Maestas's compliant possession, requiring vacation of his marijuana-possession conviction. Justice Bolick concurred in the result but would reconsider whether the prudential component of the political-question doctrine is consistent with the judiciary's constitutional role.