JURIST - Oregon

The Vermont House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill that would allow a consulting physician to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to a terminally ill individual who meets certain criteria. For the first three years after its passage, the legislation will model Oregon's Death with Digni....... [more]

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signed a bill Tuesday allowing undocumented immigrants to attend public universities at the same tuition rate as in-state residents. The law requires that in order to qualify for these lowered rates, students must have attended high school in Oregon for at least three....... [more]

On February 21, 2007, Governor Martin O'Malley testified before the Maryland General Assembly that the death penalty should be abolished in the state because it is "inherently unjust." His push to repeal the death penalty at this time failed, but in January 2013, O'Malley announced that he would int....... [more]

On February 20, 2008, the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies narrowly passed the first reading of a bill legalizing euthanasia. The second reading of the bill passed in March 2009, making Luxembourg the fourth nation in Europe to legalize euthanasia after Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Intern....... [more]

On January 17, 2006, the US Supreme Court upheld an Oregon law that permitted assisted suicide in certain cases. The Court determined that the Controlled Substances Act does not prevent the distribution of certain lethal drugs used in the implementation of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act. This ca....... [more]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Oregon ruled in favor of the Vatican on Monday by holding that priests are not employees of the Holy See, the ecclesiastical, governmental and administrative capital of the Roman Catholic Church. The 10-year-old case was brought by a Seattle-are....... [more]

The US Court for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a lower court's decision in favor of an Oregon-based Islamic nonprofit corporation challenging the Bush administration's warrantless wiretap program. The US District Court for the Northern District of California held that the federal government....... [more]

A judge in the Washington County Circuit Court of Oregon ruled Friday that a death row inmate is not required to accept clemency granted to him by Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber. Last December, Kitzhaber granted clemency to convicted murderer Gary Haugen after Haugen voluntarily waived all further....... [more]

4/29/13: Colorado governor signed immigrant tuition bill 4/29/13: Supreme Court denied Alabama immigration appeal 4/16/13: US Senators unveiled immigration reform bill 4/2/13: Oregon governor signed tuition bill for undocumented immigrants 3/31/13: Bipartisan US senate group reached agreement on....... [more]

JURIST Guest Columnist Valerie Vollmar of Willamette University College of Law says the Georgia legislature seems to have acted hastily without thinking through the potential consequences of its new assisted suicide law, which differs dramatically from the legislative schemes in states that allow th....... [more]

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber on Tuesday issued a temporary reprieve for death row inmate Gary Haugen and called for an end to the state's death penalty. The state has executed only two individuals in the last 49 years and each execution was with the prisoner's consent. Kitzhaber said, "I do not b....... [more]