Supreme Court Upholds Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act
posted by Robert Tsai
In a 6-3 decision, the Court today upheld Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law. With the Court’s makeup in flux, there was much speculation that if the conference vote was 5-4, the case might be held over for reargument. It appears that the key was that the federalism position won over Justice Kennedy, who was visibly torn at oral argument. Assigning him to write–a privilege of the most senior Justice in the majority–helped to keep him on board. A decisive majority meant there was no reason for Justice O’Connor not to participate. Off to class–more analysis later.
January 17, 2006 at 11:13 am
Posted in: Constitutional Law
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Craig R. Harmon - January 17, 2006 at 2:24 pm
Just a note to point out that there’s a problem with your first link, an extra “http//” after the first “http://” that bollixes the link.
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