Archive for January 17th, 2006

SCOTUS Upholds Oregon Law

Posted on January 17th, 2006 in Justice

Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Suicide Law
The Supreme Court, with Chief Justice John Roberts dissenting, upheld Oregon’s one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law Tuesday, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die.
Justices, on a 6-3 vote, said the 1997 Oregon law used to end the lives of more than 200 seriously ill [...]

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Today’s Blogmarks

Posted on January 17th, 2006 in Quick Links

Grabbed from my blogmarks.
Judge Samuel J. Alito, Jr. Surely Will Be ConfirmedHe was going to be subjected to a filibuster. Now it appears that Supreme Court Justice Nominee Samuel J. Alito, Jr. will get an up-or-down vote.
Happy Equality Day!
It is tempting to compare the zealots of political correctness to the pigs in Orwell’s Animal Farm [...]

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