Unexpected: Supreme Court upholds most basic personal freedom

The Supreme Court just upheld Oregon's assisted suicide law. I'm surprised because of the conservative/religious leaning of the court. Of course if this case had come before the court after S. O'Connor retired, the vote might have been 5-4 instead of 6-3. Not surprisingly, Satan's minions Scalia, his boy Thomas, and new Chief Bush-lackey Roberts dissented. During his confirmation hearings, Roberts hinted that he would vote against assisted suicide. One of the few things he indicated any opinion about.
This is also a small victory for States' rights, something the Republicans claim to be for -- unless it doesn't suit their purposes. When it comes to topics such as education, environmental laws, employment regulation, etc., conservatives invariably sing the tunes: 'let the people decide!', 'local control is much more effective and just than intervention by the federal government!' This law was supported by an overwhelming majority of Oregonians, yet Bush/Ashcroft thought they should be able to impose their religious fundamentalism on the people of Oregon.
There is no more basic right than being able to decide what to do with your own life. Who but you, your family, and your physician should have a say in whether your life should go on? In fact only the individual should have the right to decide whether their life is worth living. Should a federal official have the right to decide how much pain you should suffer? How much money the medical industry can suck from your family just to preserve your torment? Should George Bush be able to decide whether your quality of life is sufficient to maintain it?
If Bush and Scalia some day contract brain cancer and face a long, painful, and expensive death, I wonder how they'd feel about the issue then. I doubt if Bush even understands the concept of irony.
Of course we are never out of the woods with these fundamentalist fanatics. They will certainly try some different approach to take away this most personal individual right.