the damn federalists are at it again another bumsrush on oregons states rights being a NUMBER year translplant out here i say the best thing to do is bring back the plans to make the state of jefferson then have oregon washington and jefferson break away from the union URL san francisco california cnn the u s justice department filed an appeal monday to overturn a federal judge s ruling that upheld oregon s doctor assisted suicide law a spokesman for oregon attorney general hardy myers said the state views the appeal as same story different day oregon voters approved doctor assisted suicide twice in ballot initiatives in NUMBER and NUMBER but in november u s attorney general john ashcroft warned oregon doctors they would be prosecuted under federal law if they prescribed lethal doses of drugs for dying patients 