In 2001, the Supreme Court struck down an order from the Attorney General that the Drug Enforcement Agency consider lethal injections in physician-assisted suicide to be a violation of the Controlled Substances Act. What was the court’s argument?
a. Assisted suicide is a moral issue and therefore not under the jurisdiction of the court.
b. The Attorney General has no authority over the Drug Enforcement Agency.
c. The Controlled Substances Act refers only to illegal drugs.
d. Federalism restricts federal law from regulating the practice of medicine.
e. The people of Oregon had already voted in favor of assisted suicide.
ANS: D
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