And the court even suggested that Congress could change the law to mandate a 10,000-year standard.
If the law should be changed, the court suggested, that was a matter for Parliament to decide.
The decisions came one week after the Court suggested it would be willing to decide such cases.
The court suggested that he could face criminal charges for these actions.
He said the two systems were not as different as the court suggested.
Four years ago, the court suggested that assisted suicide was a matter for the states.
At no time did the court suggest that the privilege was claimed in bad faith.
The Court also suggested that there may be problems about the limits of random drug testing.
"The Court didn't suggest that the laws should be more vigorously enforced."
Though it reversed the judge's decision, the court suggested such releases might be possible once the program completely runs out of money.