Death With Dignity or Ashcroft's idea that you should suffer in pain?

[Kevin]

Originally posted by valkyrie
I hate to say it (okay, I don't really) but it almost makes you want Ashcroft get some type of painful disease so he can understand what an ass he's being.

Here's what I don't get, from the perspective of someone who has studied Constitutional law. Conservatives are generally the type to strictly interpret the Constitution and say that anything not specifically mentioned in the Constitution is for the states to decide. So why can't Ashcroft just be a good little conservative and leave Oregon the hell alone? Do conservatives now want to leave states alone as long as the states do what the conservatives want them to do?

Ashcroft is more Jesus-freak than consservative. He doesn't follow the Constitution. He follows his fundamentalist understanding of the Bible. That, in his opinion is (or should be) our nation's highest law.