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ByKristenWyatt The Associated Press DENVER Marijuana is a political debate, not a le- gal one — for now. The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it won't consider a lawsuit filed by two other states challenging Colora- do's pot law. But lawyers say that Nebraska and Oklahoma officials could pursue other legal chal- lenges down the road. For now, the many states considering pot laws this year won't have immediate guidance from the nation's high court about whether they're free to flout federal drug law by regulating the drug. Instead, the 26 states and Washington, D.C., that allow marijuana for medical or recreational purposes don't have any immediate roadblocks on their marijuana laws. Nebraska's attorney general said Monday that his state would consider trying again to challenge Colorado's pot law, just not directly to the nation's highest court. "What it basically tells us is to go forth in the fed- eral district court to start off the lawsuit," Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson said. A lawsuit by some Ne- braska and Kansas law enforcement officials was dismissed last month by a federal court in Denver. "It doesn't mean that all the legal wrangling is done," said Sam Kamin, a law professor at the Uni- versity of Denver who studies drug law. "It just means that for a case to end up before the Supreme Court before we have a new president is extremely unlikely." Pot legalization advo- cates immediately seized on the Supreme Court's announcement as a signal thatstatesarefreetolegal- ize marijuana if they wish. "States have every right to regulate the cul- tivation and sale of mar- ijuana, just as Nebraska and Oklahoma have the right to maintain their failed prohibition poli- cies," said Mason Tvert, spokesman for the Mari- juana Policy Project. "Colorado has done more to control mari- juana than just about any other state in the nation. It will continue to set an example for other states that are considering sim- ilar laws in legislatures and at the ballot box." SUPREME COURT Inaction on pot extends the legal debate By Mark Sherman The Associated Press WASHINGTON The Su- preme Court came to- gether Monday on the un- likely issue of guns, order- ing Massachusetts' top court to look again at the state's ban on stun guns. The justices, with no apparent dissent, issued an unsigned opinion in favor of Jaime Caetano, who was convicted of vi- olating the state's anti- stun gun law. Caetano said she kept a stun gun in her purse for self-de- fense against an abusive former boyfriend. Massachusetts is among a handful of states that prohibit possession of stun guns. The state Supreme Judicial Court upheld the ban and said the Second Amendment's right to bear arms does not extend to stun guns. But the nation's high court said "the explana- tion the Massachusetts court offered for uphold- ing the law contradicts this court's precedent." Thejusticeswerereferring to the court's 2008 ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller that struck down Washington, D.C.,'s hand- gun ban and said the Con- stitution guarantees the right to a gun, at least for self-defense at home. Monday's unsigned opinion does not go so far as to strike down the law or say stun guns do fall within the Second Amendment. Heller was a 5-4 deci- sion, written by Justice Antonin Scalia, with four liberal justices in dissent. The court has refused repeated pleas to spell out the extent of gun rights in the United States, even prompting Scalia and Jus- tice Clarence Thomas to vent their frustration in December when their col- leagues refused to hear an appeal over local assault weapon bans. Scalia died in Febru- ary, and there is no way to know at this point whether his death af- fected the outcome, or at least the court's ap- proach, in the Massachu- setts case. SUPREME COURT Ju st ic es order new look at stun gun law By Lisa Lerer and Steve Peoples The Associated Press WASHINGTON A front- runner under attack from all sides, Republican Don- ald Trump demanded that his party's skeptical estab- lishment embrace the inev- itability of his presidential nomination as he stormed into Washington on Mon- day. Democrats responded by debuting a multi- pronged assault, shifting their rhetoric and resources against the man they expect to face in a contentious and ugly general election cam- paign. "If people want to be smart, they should embrace this movement," Trump de- clared at a news conference, shrugging off passionate re- sistance to his candidacy from both parties. "I'm an outsider," Trump said. "They're not used to this." As he often is, Trump was dogged by protests. A group of rabbis planned to boycott his evening speech to a pro-Israel lobbying group. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clin- ton touched off her party's fresh anti-Trump campaign during a morning foreign policy speech to the Amer- ican Israel Public Affairs Conference, questioning the former reality television star's readiness to guide the nation through delicate in- ternational entanglements. "We need steady hands," Clinton told thousands at the pro-Israel gather- ing. "Not a president who says he's neutral on Mon- day, pro-Israel on Tuesday and who-knows-what on Wednesday because every- thing's negotiable." Israel's security, she pro- claimed, "is non-negotia- ble." Trump kindled criticism from Republicans as well as Democrats earlier in the year when he pledged to be "sort of a neutral guy" on Is- rael. While the U.S. is offi- cially neutral in the Middle East conflict, his statement marked a rhetorical depar- ture for U.S. presidential candidates. Clinton and her al- lies have readied a three- pronged effort against Trump that targets his character, credentials and controversial statements about women and minor- ities. That began in ear- nest on Monday, with labor unions, members of Con- gress and the presidential candidates all escalating their criticism. "Let's be honest — @re- alDonaldTrump is a loser," tweeted Sen. Elizabeth Warren, before launching into eight messages slam- ming Trump's "failed busi- nesses," "petty bullying" and "flagrant narcissism." The Massachusetts sen- ator and liberal hero had largely stayed out of the presidential race, avoiding any endorsement of Clin- ton or her Democratic ri- val, Bernie Sanders. The harsh words came the day before Clinton is likely to extend her over- whelming delegate lead over Sanders in primary contests in Arizona, Utah and Idaho. On the Republi- can side, Trump's remain- ing rivals — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich — are fighting in Arizona and Utah to stop him from building an in- surmountable lead as well. Cruz unveiled an en- dorsement from Utah Re- publican Gov. Gary Herbert, who declared in a state Cap- itol news conference that Cruz has the best chance to stop Trump. Kasich's cam- paign was promoting an en- dorsement from the GOP's 2012 nominee, Mitt Romney — although Romney only endorsed Kasich in Ohio. He's backing Cruz in Utah. Shortly after Clinton's speech, Trump huddled in Washington for a closed- door meeting with about two dozen Republican of- ficials, many of them sup- porters. "It's obvious that Mr. Trump will be our nomi- nee," said Rep. Chris Col- lins, one of two New York congressmen openly back- ing him. "We need to take the fight to Hillary Clinton." Added Rep. Scott Des- Jarlais of Tennessee: "Peo- ple up here need to take a look at what's happening and probably get used to the idea that it's very likely Donald Trump will be our nominee." The New York real es- tate mogul was using a rare day in Washington to woo a Republican establishment that's been reluctant — and in some cases hell bent — on stopping his rise. Beyond mainstream Republicans, Trump also faces resis- tance from pro-Israel ac- tivists over what they con- sider a mixed record on the Middle East. He has refused to make the perennial Republican campaign promise to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, drawing boos last year from the Re- publican Jewish Coalition. PRESIDENTIAL RACE Trump calls for Republicans to embrace him ALEXBRANDON—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in the atrium of the Old Post Office Pavilion, soon to be a Trump International Hotel, on Monday in Washington. 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