Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health

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🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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This episode contains discussions about the right to die, end of life matters, and suicide, which may be uncomfortable for some listeners. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, please seek help immediately. Resources and support for those in need can be found at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988lifeline.org, or by dialing 988. Please take care while listening.

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0:00.0	We'll hear argument first today in number 88503. Nancy Beth Cruzan versus the
0:07.5	director of the Missouri Department of Health.
0:14.1	Hey everyone this is Leon from Viasco and Prologue projects. On this week's
0:20.0	episode of 5-4 Peter, Riannan and Michael are talking about Cruzan versus
0:25.2	Missouri Department of Health. This is a heavy episode to contain discussions
0:30.4	about the right to die end of life matters and suicide. If that's a tough
0:35.4	material for you we encourage you to skip this one. At issue is whether a
0:39.6	family can end life support for a patient in a persistent vegetative state
0:43.6	based on the due process clause set out in the 14th Amendment. The
0:48.0	constitutional right is the right to not have the state intrude into your body
0:54.2	unless they give a good reason for doing it. They've given no reason here. In the
0:59.4	end the court ruled the state of Missouri could intervene and prevent the
1:03.6	family from withdrawing life-sustaining care. This is 5-4 a podcast about how
1:09.4	much the Supreme Court sucks.
1:16.1	Welcome to 5-4 where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that are
1:21.0	sinking our civil liberties like Rhonda Santas sinking his fingers into a
1:25.8	cup of pudding. Yes, I'm Peter. I'm here with Michael. Putting Ron and Riannan.
1:33.6	Meatball Ron putting Ron. Tiny D. I love it. It's gonna be the reference is
1:41.7	obviously a couple weeks old by the time we released this but I think we'll
1:46.4	be talking about it for quite some time. Oh yes. Yeah. Especially because he's
1:50.0	blowing it. He doesn't have the juice. He's not the right kind of weirdo. You
1:56.6	know, he's given the opportunity to answer to this allegation explicitly.
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