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Thread #22775   Message #249216
Posted By: SDShad
29-Jun-00 - 12:02 PM
Thread Name: A Different Kind Of Death Chamber
Subject: RE: A Different Kind Of Death Chamber
I think the point regarding the current Supreme Court decision, mjm, is that the Nebraska law that was struck down wasn't just a PBA ban, and deliberately so. Had the authors of the original bill written one that was actually a legitimate PBA ban (even one without a health/life provision, though I'd disagree with them there), it would very likely not have been overturned.

In short, it was overturned because its authors got grabby with deliberately vague wording. In my admittedly biased opinion, it seems that they're more concerned with scoring political rhetoric points than in relieving human suffering.

Chris