Blog Round-Up – Wednesday, August 24th

The Volokh Conspiracy has this post discussing this Wall Street Journal article on Justice Stephen Breyer’s new 161-page book to be released in a few weeks: “Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution.”

The Legal Affairs Debate Club asks, “Is Assisted Suicide Legal?” This October, in Gonzales v. Oregon, the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Oregon’s “Death with Dignity Act” which allows terminally ill patients told they have six months to live the right to commit suicide with the aid of a doctor. Debating the issue is Jonathan Adler, visiting professor at George Mason University and Wesley J. Smith, an attorney and the author of Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America.

Dahlia Lithwick asks, “Does Anyone Believe in a Living Constitution Anymore?”

ACSBlog has posted this analysis of Justice Ginsburg’s confirmation hearings titled,”The Confirmation Hearings of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Answering Questions While Maintaining Judicial Impartiality.”

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