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Governor Seeks New Trial Over Brain Damaged Woman's Wishes
Tampa Bay Online ^ | November 19, 2003 | Vickie Chachere

Posted on 11/19/2003 4:13:47 PM PST by sweetliberty

Gov. Jeb Bush fired a volley of legal shots Wednesday at the husband of a brain damaged woman who is at the center of a right to die case, saying there needs to be a jury trial on whether Terri Schiavo wanted to be kept alive artificially. The governor also sought to remove Pinellas Circuit Court Judge W. Douglas Baird from hearing the constitutionality of the new law enacted to keep Terri Schiavo alive after her feeding tube was removed last month. In yet a third legal filing, the governor argues that Terri Schiavo's rights under the Florida Constitution are being protected, not violated.

Terri Schiavo went for six days without food and water after her husband Michael Schiavo removed her feeding tube. Florida lawmakers and Bush intervened, enacting a hastily drawn law that allowed the governor to order the feeding tube be reinserted.

Michael Schiavo has challenging the constitutionality of the governor's action. He contends his wife had said she did not want to be kept alive artificially before she suffered severe brain damage in 1990. Doctors have ruled she has been in a persistent vegetative state since, but her parents believe she is aware of her surroundings and could be rehabilitated.

Bush's attorney Ken Connor said a jury has to establish what Terri Schiavo's wishes were before a court can decide whether her private health care wishes were violated.

George Felos, Michael Schiavo's attorney, could not immediately be reached for comment.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: attorneyfromhell; coma; cultureofdeath; drug; druginducedcoma; euthanasia; geiorgefelos; governorhebbush; guardianfromhell; hino; husbandfromhell; judgegreer; merchantsofdeath; michaelschiavo; reallifeghouls; terri; terrischiavo
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To: Huber; sweetliberty
Thanks for the ping, Huber old pal.
41 posted on 11/19/2003 5:10:59 PM PST by TaxRelief (Hope it's not too WINDY for you!)
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To: Ann Archy
Who's got Jeb's e-addy so we can thank him?

jeb.bush@myflorida.com

42 posted on 11/19/2003 5:13:22 PM PST by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: Saundra Duffy
George Felos, Michael Schiavo's attorney, could not immediately be reached for comment.

Probably trying to figure out if they will have to reschedule the January cruise. LOL!

43 posted on 11/19/2003 5:14:08 PM PST by TaxRelief
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To: sweetliberty
bump!
44 posted on 11/19/2003 5:18:35 PM PST by Canticle_of_Deborah (National health care gives the government the means to kill you when you become too expensive)
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To: sweetliberty
hot diggity dog! MS is really sweating now!
45 posted on 11/19/2003 5:21:28 PM PST by countrydummy
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To: honeygrl
No he was busy crashing planes in his head!!! Most likely Jebs plane!!LOL

MCD
46 posted on 11/19/2003 5:21:33 PM PST by MSCASEY
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To: sweetliberty
Well, at least they're calling her brain-damaged now, and not vegetative. Now if they would just lose the "right-to-die" rhetoric and call it what it is.

I was struck by the same thoughts.

47 posted on 11/19/2003 5:23:48 PM PST by LadyPhoenix (Wormtongue accused Eomer of "malcontent" when he had something to hide. Liberals do the same.)
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To: Salvation
In the filing seeking to remove Baird from the case, Connor cited statements the judge recently made saying that Terri Schiavo's rights are being violated.

HURRAH!!!!!!!!!! THANK GOD for this good man, Mr. Connor has gone to the heart of this stacked deck!

"The court seems to have just bought the Felos argument without even having heard from the governor," Connor said.

OH MY GOSH! CAN THIS BE REAL!??? HAS COMMON SENSE AND FAIRNESS PREVAILED HERE !?

My prayer to our Father,

THANK YOU FATHER FOR-
SENDING PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU,-
WHO YEARN FOR THE TRUTH,-
WHO SEEK JUSTICE,-
AND WHO ARE NOT AFRAID TO TACKLE EVIL,-
OR CORRUPTION,-
THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR

BRINGING PEOPLE FORWARD WHO ARE WILLING TO STRIKE AT THE EVILDOERS WHO PURPOSEFULLY OPPRESS TERRI, her FAMILY and finally, OUR NATION!

WE TREASURE AND ARE DELIGHTED AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONSTANT LOVE AND ATTENTION!

Terri is our sparrow, Father, our sparrow with the broken wing, and I know, as I type this, that she is wrapped in your tender might.

THANK YOU FATHER!!!

YOU ARE AWESOME!!!

I LOVE YOU!

In the name of Jesus Chirst, a name that means more and more to me each day, HOLY! HOLY! HOLY!, THANK YOU! Amen.

48 posted on 11/19/2003 5:27:19 PM PST by Republic
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To: appropos
"You can't just say it, you are going to have to prove it," Connor said, adding to not hold a trial would then violate Bush's due process rights.

"We believe the governor is entitled to the same due process rights as any other citizen," Connor said. "He's not a second class citizen because he is the governor."


Don't you just love Ken Connor? God bless him.
49 posted on 11/19/2003 5:29:31 PM PST by kenth
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To: NYer
Thanks so much for the ping to this great news.
50 posted on 11/19/2003 5:31:03 PM PST by amom
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To: sweetliberty
I see that you know how to analyze this. I think he zeroed in on exactly the correct points.

I think it's fantastic. Go Jeb! (Do you think we could get a third Bush in the WH?)
51 posted on 11/19/2003 5:34:54 PM PST by livius
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To: kenth
Ken Connor is GREAT.....does anyone have a email addy for him?

Don't you just love Ken Connor? God bless him.

52 posted on 11/19/2003 5:35:47 PM PST by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: sweetliberty
Yeah. That's what I'm thinking too. Who decides though?
53 posted on 11/19/2003 5:36:00 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: livius
"Do you think we could get a third Bush in the WH?"

I'd vote for him. And an added bonus would be all the weeping and wailing and gnashing of liberal teeth. When liberals are unhappy, I am happy and the reason I am happy is because when they are unhappy I am assured that we're moving in the right direction.

54 posted on 11/19/2003 5:39:24 PM PST by sweetliberty ("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
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To: sweetliberty; All
Yall see this?http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1025250/posts
55 posted on 11/19/2003 5:40:42 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: sweetliberty
an added bonus would be all the weeping and wailing and gnashing of liberal teeth

I agree. I can hear it now...sort of like Niagara Falls or the sound of a freeway in the distance...grrr, grrr, grrr...

56 posted on 11/19/2003 5:42:04 PM PST by livius
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To: Graymatter
LOL!
57 posted on 11/19/2003 5:54:17 PM PST by firerosemom
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To: Republic
In the name of Jesus Chirst, a name that means more and more to me each day, HOLY! HOLY! HOLY!, THANK YOU! Amen.

Weeping and agreeing with you in Praise!!!

58 posted on 11/19/2003 6:03:59 PM PST by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: CindyDawg
Yall see this?http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1025250/posts

Are we a sick society or what?? Terri must die, rats must live......honestly!!!!!

59 posted on 11/19/2003 6:07:48 PM PST by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: sweetliberty
Bravo Governor Jeb! A BUMP for Terri...
60 posted on 11/19/2003 6:09:58 PM PST by slym
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