Kagan memo on doctor - assisted suicide consists of 46,000 documents from Clinton administration . These were response to Justice Department comments on Oregon law . As deputy to then director Bruce Reed , Kagan offered legal and political advice on an agenda that included abortion , tobacco legislation , AIDS , consumer protections and healthcare . Clinton concerned that memo suggests Kagan might by ' judicial decision ' Supreme Court ultimately upheld Oregon assisted suicide law .
Kagan memo on doctor - assisted suicide consists of 46,000 documents from Clinton administration . These were response to Justice Department comments on Oregon law . Clinton concerned that memo suggests Kagan might by ' judicial decision ' Supreme Court ultimately upheld Oregon assisted suicide law .