Come 2008, this whole thing will be largely forgotten. Count on it.
This event will be history; but, definitely not forgotten. Government factions have pummeled each other to the point there will be plenty of visible scars. In the eyes, of the governed, all government factions have failed them and any mandate for such derelict entities to even exist has been greatly diminished.
Considering the precedent this case sets, the fuel this will give to euthanasia advocates, and the money involved in the 'hospice' industry, there is no chance this will be forgotten. It will be integrated, and in the following three years will gain steam and be on its way to becoming an institution. The boulder only gains speed down the slippery slope.
One hopes so.
I am more concerned about 2006, though. Gains could consolidate our ability to reform the courts, but losses could cripple it.