Yes, and the nation survived and he became one of the most popular presidents in history.
Are you trying to argue that the Federal government (i.e., the Rights of the People as enumerated in the Constitution) does not overrule the States when those states infringe upon enumerated rights?
Please show me where state court decisions regarding who is taken off life support or a feeding tube are the proper realm of federal action under the Constitution - except where previous liberal activist actions have made it such.
I'm as sick as anyone at what happened here. But the only real remedy is to address the state laws and state courts that allowed this to happen. Federal action is a temptation, to paraphrase Judge Bork - and we're all getting tempted to unleash the federal genie becaus it suits us now. But the genie never goes back into bottle afterwards.
Bill Clinton was popular as well. Popular does not always equate to being righteous. And Clinton was one of the worst abusers ever of federal power in pursuit of political agendas that were outside the realm of the written Constitution.