Republicans just won a national election campaigning against the idea that the federal government knows more about your health than you do. So will the party of federalism, local control and limited government overturn marijuana legalization in Washington, D.C.?

Granted, it wouldn’t be a case of faraway bureaucrats from the nation’s capital meddling in some Middle American town and the concept of “state’s rights” doesn’t apply here. This is the federal district in which Congress operates. Nevertheless, the legalization initiative passed with 69 percent of the vote. Reversing it would be a bit incongruous. It would also play into the stereotype that Republicans only care about local control for communities that look a certain way.

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