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Terminally ill Oregonians are the only Americans who may legally ask their physicians to help end their lives. The U.S. Department of Justice opposed Oregon’s law both under former Attorney General John Ashcroft (search) and now Alberto Gonzales (search) and has been keen to see it overturned. On Wednesday, the …

You’re sober. Congratulations. Now let me buy you a nice tall glass of Shut-the-Heck-Up. I don’t mean to diminish the importance of cleaning up one’s act. Conquering a demon as powerful as alcoholism is truly a feat. And having never been a victim of alcoholism, I don’t pretend to know …

A divided Supreme Court on Monday struck down Ten Commandments displays in two Kentucky courthouses, but ruled a 6-foot granite replica on state government land in Texas is acceptable. In the first ruling, McCreary County v. ACLU (search), the court said the Kentucky displays violated the Establishment clause of the …