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Transcript: Analysis: Supreme Court weighs assisted suicide case
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STEVE INSKEEP, RENEE MONTAGNE
Morning Edition (NPR)
10-05-2005
Analysis: Supreme Court weighs assisted suicide case
Host: STEVE INSKEEP, RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
STEVE INSKEEP, host:
This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep in New Orleans.
RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
And I'm Renee Montagne in Washington.
Today, the US Supreme Court hears arguments in a major case involving questions of life and death, federal vs. state power. At issue is the Bush administration's challenge to the Oregon Death With Dignity Act. It's the only state law in the country that authorizes doctor-assisted suicides for terminally ill patients. NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg ...