[tomahawk]

I agree that the FL statute is on the Gov.'s side, but he's not willing to risk bloodshed to enforce it.

The judge overstepped his powers. It was a power play and Gov. Bush isn't willing to have others killed to reassert executive authority.

[jwpjr]

re: It was a power play and Gov. Bush isn't willing to have others killed to reassert executive authority.

So the rule when you're dealing with the judiciary is that all they have to do if they want to do something illegal is simply fix it so that the governor will have second thoughts about undoing it? His failure to act is setting all sorts of precedents. Precedents that will come back to haunt him the next time some two-bit county judge is willing to play poker with the life of an innocent person. Jeb Bush took an oath to uphold the laws and the constitution of the State of Florida. The law clearly gives him the power to support the DCF and even outlines the remedy, take the endangered person into DCF custody and then fight it out in court. I'm sorry, you will NEVER convince me that Jeb Bush could not have moved to take custody of Terri, even if it meant going to a higher court and having them order him to uphold the law and exercise his power as chief executive.