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To: Neocon who wrote (10768)	4/25/2002 4:39:10 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 21057

Therefore, I have no ready response to Ashcroft's position, and would be curious to know if he acted with due discretion in choosing his legal basis...... Seems to me this is Ashcroft's hobby horse. From a political perspective, there is reason to wonder if the issue of assisted suicide ought to be debated nationally, rather than creating an open breach in the current ethical norms under which physicians operate in one state only to see what consequences it has over time throughout the country. Excuse me. Isn't it your boyz who are supposed to be in favor of trying things out in the states? Isn't it your boyz who are supposed to favor local determinations? What, now that they've adopted the Education Department as their long-lost soul mate they've given up all those principles? And why didn't you have anything to say about this ruling when I posted it back on the 17th?

To: Neocon who wrote (10768)	4/25/2002 10:47:35 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

By the way, the voters of Oregon do not have the right to re- institute slavery, under the Constitution, There is an amendment to the Federal Constitution which specifically prohibits slavery. nor to allow polluters to ignore the Clean Air Act. There is a specific Federal statute known as the Clean Air Act. There is nothing in Federal law or the Constitution which prohibits assisted suicide. And the Attorney General does not get to make up laws. You're reaching, Neo. If he had to reach into the Controlled Substances Act to get his result in this matter, you know he's desperate.