Doping Defendants Down

Yesterday, the Supremes (my favorite jurispudential soul group) reversed a federal appeals court in St. Louis , ruling that the state couldn't involuntarily drug a dentist accused of Medicare fraud in order to render him competent to stand trial. Sure, the opinion, penned by Breyer, isn't exactly On Liberty, but it does at least affirm that the government has to show a pretty compelling interest before it goes tinkering with people's brain chemistry against their will.