Patterico's Pontifications

1/18/2006

Assisted Suicide Decision: Opinions

Filed under: Court Decisions — Patterico @ 7:02 am

Here is the majority opinion in the assisted suicide case decided yesterday. Justice Scalia’s dissent is here, and Justice Thomas’s dissent is here. Note that Chief Justice Roberts joined Scalia’s dissent, but not Thomas’s.

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  1. Assisted Suicide – SCOTUS decision

    Patterico comes up with the links to Majority decisionJudge Scalia’s dissentJudge Thomas’ dissentI have not had the time to read them yet. I would ask, though, that one thing be kept in mind. This has nothing to do with the…

    Trackback by Darleen's Place — 1/18/2006 @ 1:16 pm

  2. This is one of those cases that is very difficult. I found myself agreeing with all opinions on this one. I guess that states rights won out over a phony (in this case only) concern about Federal control of drug distribution and administration. I’d have liked this case much better had the government presented their case honestly.

    Comment by Howard Veit — 1/18/2006 @ 4:42 pm

  3. [...] Additional note from Dana: The opinion of the Court is here; the dissent of Justice Scalia (joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Thomas) is here; and Justice Thomas solo dissent can be read here. Thanks to Patterico for the references. [...]

    Pingback by Common Sense Political Thought » Blog Archive » Two Cheers for the Liberals — 1/19/2006 @ 8:26 am

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