SCOTUS Discussions January 2006

Right to Die Ruling

Ray Suarez reports on the national impact of today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld an Oregon state law, which authorizes doctor-assisted suicide. Suarez discusses today's ruling with Marcia Coyle, Washington bureau chief and Supreme Court correspondent for The National Law Journal. Then, Suarez speaks with Kathryn Tucker, director of legal affairs for Compassion and Choices, and Jim Bopp, president of the National Center for the Medically Dependent and Disabled, about the implications of today's Supreme Court decision.