os;s prohibitions against physician assisted suicide. Doctors argued terminally ill patients have a liberty interest protected by the 14th Amendment Due Process Clause, which they believe, stretches out to personal choice. The lower courts agreed with the doctors however, the Supreme Court overturned the decision (Hanigan 1). The Supreme Court based its decision on America's history and legal practices for the last 700 years. They stated that Americans have disapproved, disliked, and punished assisted suicide for hundreds of years. They Court felt, that because of America's history, the Due Process Clause does not assert "right" to assistance in committing suicide (Hanigan 2). Assisted suicide according to the Supreme Court is not a fundamental liberty protected by the 14th Amendment. We must follow the laws of both federal and state government because of the fact that we are American citizens, but we are also protected by the writings of our Constitution and the 14th Amendment. Hanigan wonders, "Is it preferable to have the Supreme Court invalidate laws dually enacted by State Legislatures or for the Court to defer to the decisions of locally elected Representatives?" (3) Who is to say what government is to decided this matter? Is it a state, local, or federal government issue? These questions are difficult to answer than normal cases dealing with Congress Interstate Clause (Hanigan 4).
             American Feudalism is divided between central, national, and state governments. In the states the powers are frequently given to municipalities and other lower governments. Justice Louis Brandeis described the value of federalism in terms of states could be as "laboratories" to experiment new programs and new approaches. (Bix 1-2). States are even encouraged sometimes to try out new opportunities dealing with social and moral problems. Society must also understand that experimentation migh...