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This R&D gives resources to extempers on the “right to die” movement in the United States.  Also referred to as “death with dignity,” “aid in dying,” and “assisted suicide,” the practice is set to become the next controversial social issue with advocates pushing for more states to legalize the practice (and as a result, extempers need to be prepared to speak on it in a domestic social or constitutional issues round).  Four U.S. states have legalized the practice and a district court decision last month in New Mexico said that doctors in that state can help terminally ill patients end their lives.  Litigation is also pending in other states. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1997 in Washington v. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill that the U.S. Constitution does not give an individual the right to assisted suicide.  However, states can allow for the practice, or ban it, if they choose to do so without federal interference.