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March 9, 2005
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Gonzales attacks Oregon suicide tew
Jadon Triplett
The Clackamas Print
The supreme court began
hearings on a dispute between
the federal government and
Oregon regarding doctor-assist
ed suicide Feb. 23.
This trial is likely to prove a
divisive issue not only because
of ethical issues regarding the
medical practice of assisted
suicide, but because of the
issue of the states’ rights versus
the federal government.
The Bush administration has
been seeking to make Oregon’s
unique euthanasia law, which
has been passed by Oregon
voters twice, illegal ever since
it came into office. In 2001,
former Attorney General John
Ashcroft said that according
to his interpretation of the
Controlled Substances Act, the
use of controlled substances
under Oregon’s Death with
Dignity act was not a legiti
mate medical purpose, even
though the attorney general that
preceded Ashcroft, Janet Reno,
determined that the Controlled
Substances Act did not give
the Drug Enforcement Agency
the authority to punish doctors
who prescribed medicine under
the Death with Dignity Act.
In response to Ashcroft’s
interpretation, Lawyers for
Oregon and other supporters of
Death with Dignity sued, claim
ing Ashcroft had exceeded his
authority. Supporters believe
that the federal government
should determine what drugs
are legitimate, but the states
should decide what are legiti
mate medical uses of them.
Portland’s U.S. District
Judge Robert E. Jones agreed,
as did the 9th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals.
In its appeal, the fed
eral government argued that
Congress gave it the authority
to interpret the law broadly
and that “States remain free
to enact their own laws relat
ing to controlled substances,”
but not if they conflict with
federal law.
“Some people confuse this
question of social values and
cultural values with what’s real
ly at issue here ... whether citi
zens, on a medical practice that
has historically been left to the
states, should have a bunch
people from Washington, D.C.,
push them around,” Senator
Ron Wyden said. “I’m going to
be arguing that all the people
who jump up on the floor of the
Congress and talk about states’
rights are basically saying they
only support states’ rights if
they think a state is right.”
Wyden blocked a j
attempt in the Senate to uj
mine the Death with Dig
Act by threatening a filibu«
“The fact of the matte
what this legislation is, is j
ly the pain promotion act,’
said in a Senate speech at
time. “What it is going ti
is have a chilling effect
health care providers all acr
this country who simply,
to practice good pain mani
ment.”
The
Attorney Gen
Alberto Gonzales vs. the J
of Oregon will likely be dj
erated in the Supreme Court
2006, giving the controvert
least a year to brew. Propone
on both sides are opting
but the issue will likely not
settled no matter which,
the court goes. Like abort
this could be an issue thi
never fully agreed on.
Part-timers honored at annual celebration
Workshops for
slackers
Ok, so not just glue-sniff
ing slackers will benefit from
this announcement Every
Wednesday from noon to 1
pro, in room P104, there will
be drop-in workshops discuss
ing topics to help you succeed
in college, such as preventing
depression and time and stress
management So get on it...
if you can manage your time
well enough.
$$$$
Step right up folks
and get your free money!
There is more than
$250,000 available to stu
dents, but the deadline is
coming fast! The deadline
is March 21 at 5 p.m.,
so stop by Financial Aid
ASAP. Move it or lose it,
sucka!
Tired of people
sucking?
Instructors honored were:
Joe Crawford (Apprenticeship/
Environmental Health/Wildland
Fire Science)
Alex Bello (Building Constructon)
Adreiana Aristizabal (Computer
Science)
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Irene Carillo (Computer Science)
Shera Hunn-Felde (Education/
Human Services)
Anna Pekal (English)
Joe VanZutphen (English as a
Second Language)
Barbara Arzt (Health/Physical
Education)
Dave Snell (Horticulture)
Greg Davis (Mathematics)
Brian Rose (Music)
Polly Schulz (Science)
Wendy Heinz (Skills Develop
ment)
Christy Kinch (Skills Develop
ment)
Yvonne Wilebski (Social
Sciences)
Isaiah Creel Clackamml
Part-time instructors (from second from left) Alice
Goldstein, Kathleen Fallon, Joanna Ponce, Irene Carillo,
and Anne Bachmann band together in a musical tribute
to Joe VanZutphen (far left) at the second annual Part-
time Faculty Recognition.
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... comics can be counted as
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