December 08, 2011 05:12 PM UTC

Another Plum Appointment For Polis

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• by: Colorado Pols

The Colorado Independent’s Scot Kersgaard:

Congressman Jared Polis, D-CO, today was named to the House Committee on the Judiciary by the House Democratic Caucus.

“My new position on the House Judiciary Committee will allow me to help foster job creation in Colorado’s high-tech industries and other fields by protecting Internet freedom and intellectual property rights, fixing our broken immigration systems, preserving the autonomy of Colorado’s medical marijuana laws, and protecting Americans from credit card abuse and other consumer fraud. A seat on the Judiciary Committee in addition to my place on the House Rules Committee will only increase Colorado’s influence in Washington and ensure that the voices of our communities are heard in Congress.”

Polis has long been an advocate of liberalizing marijuana laws and of protecting state’s rights when it comes to the legalization of medical marijuana.

Rep. Jared Polis is certainly getting the grand tour of high-profile jobs as a congressional sophomore, having served on the Rules Committee, and the majority steering committee in 2009–and more recently appointed co-chair of the DCCC’s “Red to Blue” campaign. Polis’ agenda of liberalizing federal marijuana laws will get a boost from appointment to Judiciary, until he runs into the buzzkill that is Republican committee chairman Lamar Smith.