Will Cruzan Be Overturned?

Jay Anderson worries that, as they did with sodomy and the execution of minors, the Supreme Court will use the Schiavo case to overturn a recent precedent (Cruzan v. Director, Mo. Dept. of Health) based on developments of "world opinion".

I don't think so, because even the Supremes know they can only take so much blowback, and even if they wanted to establish a constitutional right to passive euthanasia they'd calculate that the Schiavo case is too hot a potato for them to handle. But I suppose, if you need a new thing to worry about you could do worse than this.

(Link via Open Book)