[ExI] Neil Gorsuch

[William Flynn Wallace]

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> If states’ rights prevail, some of the 50 states will allow euthanasia for
> cryonics patients.spike
>

​Some states already do (California for example  john

Oregon is another, I think.  If it all turns out wrong, there's always
Amsterdam, where you can have your drugs of choice before you go.  bill w

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 12:06 PM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:49 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
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>>> ​>> ​
>>> To hell with states rights! In matters concerning when where and if one
>>> should die the decision should be made by the individual involved not by
>>> government, state local or federal.
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>> John your comment surprises me.
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> ​Spike, if you know of an idea that is more bedrock libertarian then that
> you and you alone have the right to determine when if and how you should
> die then I'd like to hear about it. ​
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>> With the current wackiness at the Federal level, one would think you
>> would have become a big fan of states’ rights (as opposed to Federal.)  I
>> have.  Well, OK I always was.
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>
> ​I know that's not what you mean but for me the term "states rights" has
> a slightly unpleasant smell to it, probably because I'm old enough to
> remember its association with the jim crow laws of the south.  ​And I
> really don't care much if states lose rights, but I do care if people do.
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>> Note that the nomination makes decisions at the Federal level, based on
>> the US constitution
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> ​Based on the judge's *interpretation* ​
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> ​of the US constitution, and this Bozo wrote a screed against euthanasia!
> All judges claim their personal beliefs won't influence their
> interpretation, and I don't believe them for one second. Besides, the US
> constitution​ is not a law of physics or the word of god, in fact as
> originally written in was a downright evil document by today's standards ,
> subsequent amendments have improved it greatly but it's still far from
> perfect. For example, in the Hobby Lobby c
> ase
> ​ ​
> Gorsuch
> ​ ruled that if somebody does something for a religious reason it's
> constitutional but if they do the exact same thing for reasons that are not
> religious it's unconstitutional. I don't know if Gorsuch is right about its
> constitutionality,  but I do know the entire idea is nuts. ​
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>>  If states’ rights prevail, some of the 50 states will allow euthanasia
>> for cryonics patients.
>>
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> ​Some states already do (California for example) , and many say those
> state laws are
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> ​in conflict with ​Federal law, so sooner or later it's going to end up in
> the Supreme Court and I have no doubt
> Gorsuch
> ​ will find that those state laws violate something somewhere ​in the
> constitution, at least in his opinion. And his opinion, and that of 8 other
> people, are the only opinions that matter.
>
>  John K Clark
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