Letters To The Editor

SELECTIVE ABOUT STATES' RIGHTS

RECENT letters complaining about John Ashcroft's stand against assisted
suicide in Oregon present a caricature of the states' rights position.

Federal law is supposed to trump state law where the Constitution gives
specific power to the federal government. In this case, there is already
precedent that gives priority to federal law for drug enforcement.

It's funny how liberals always run to states' rights when it suits the
outcome they desire, such as the attempt by Florida's Supreme Court to
overrule the Florida Legislature's constitutional power to determine the
procedures for presidential elections. However, when a federal judge
overturned California voters' desire to limit tax dollars going to support
illegal aliens via Proposition 187, where were the liberals championing
states' rights? Nowhere to be seen.

Jon Biggar

Mountain View