Sounds like Kervorkian is a free man...
Kevorkian is jailed in Michigan.
No, since the law in the state in which he was arrested did not specify assisted suicide.
The Oregon law is profoundly misguided IMO, but it would not free Kervorkian. What he did was simple serial murder, had nothing at all to do with end-of-life clinical decisions, he was rightly convicted, and he would be in prison in Oregon, as well as anywhere else.
No, because Kervorkian violated and was charged under a state law.
This SCOTUS ruling upheld state's rights in this matter and said that the Feds don't have a constitutional dog in this fight.
No, he's not necessarily. It's a states' rights issue. Kevorkian isn't in Oregon is he?
It's hypocritical to demand the demise of Roe vs Wade due to "states' rights" on one hand and then whine because the Supreme Court upheld Oregon's right to make a similar such decision, on the other.