Bricker in the version that I read today about the judge’s decision, (byline Kim Murphy of Los Angeles Times), Judge Jones said “to allow an attorney general -an appointed executive whose tenure depends entirely on whatever administration occupies the White House- to determine the legitimacy of a particular medical practice… would be unprecedneted and extraordinary”.
which, as far as I can see, is directed to the argument that the Federal Law about Drugs can supercede a State’s right to determine what is a valid medical practice. the article goes on to note that proponents of the law see the ruling as "focused on wheterh the federal law that regulates drug abuse can be applied to " that specific statute.
How dare the feds overrule the state government on private medical decisions, including what people do with their own bodies! Especially on so flimsy an excuse as some crap they read into the Constitution! Everyone who did this deserves condemnation.
There’s a big difference between when the fed steps in and says to a state “You can’t take away that persons right” and when they say “You can’t give a person that right.” Feel free to take this one to GD (where I’ll happily get involved), so we can return this to an Ashcroft-jeering fest.
I doubt he does a single thing that isn’t approved by the administration for which he works. The Good Cop and the Bad Cop are really both working toward the same goal, you know?
I agree with the OP. John Ashcroft makes me very uneasy. I, too, remember early when he was being confirmed, that he swore his personal beliefs would not stand in the way of enforcing federal laws. I believe that since the war on drugs isn’t proceeding as quickly as he would like, he has cast around for some flimsy excuse to impose his religious beliefs. Remember when he intimated that people who questioned George Bush’s actions after September 11th, were not patriotic? That really gets me angry.
