The Ninth Circuit Court's treatment of the history of suicide by ancient Jews and Christians in Compassion in Dying v. State of Washington: historical naivete or special pleading?

From: Issues in Law & Medicine | Date: March 22, 1998| Author: Amundsen, Darrel W. | Copyright information

"In all cases, our analysis of the applicability of the protections of the Constitution must be made in light of existing circumstances as well as our historic traditions,"(1) Judge Reinhardt opined, writing for the majority in the Ninth Circuit Court's en banc ruling that reversed its own three-judge panel's earlier ruling on Compassion in Dying v. State of Washington. Introducing a section of the opinion entitled "Historical Attitudes Toward Suicide," he declared:

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