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President Bush: "We look at all options from an EXECUTIVE BRANCH PERSPECTIVE"
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| 23 Mar 05
| Pres. Bush
Posted on 03/23/2005 9:37:12 AM PST by xzins
President Bush just stated that he waits for this to go through the judicial process, BUT that he looks at all options from AN EXECUTIVE BRANCH PERSPECTIVE!
TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: bigwhoop; bush; executive; getalife; judicial; president; schiavo; terri; terrischiavo; whocares
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posted on
03/23/2005 9:37:18 AM PST
by
xzins
To: xzins
By the time the judicial process is done it will be too late..can't he do something now?
2
posted on
03/23/2005 9:38:17 AM PST
by
sissyjane
(Silk pajamas for dress up, and flannel for everyday-perfect Freeper wardrobe!!)
To: sissyjane
Maybe he means he'll step in if needed.
He's needed if he's going to do it.
3
posted on
03/23/2005 9:39:03 AM PST
by
eyespysomething
(It starts off as a drum circle, next thing you know you've got a college.)
To: xzins
Well, he does represent the Executive branch. What perspective do you think he should use?
4
posted on
03/23/2005 9:39:35 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: sissyjane; P-Marlowe; winstonchurchill
What does the President mean?
What are his options?
5
posted on
03/23/2005 9:39:40 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
To: eyespysomething
I just hope the FL state legislature doesn't think of this as an excuse to do nothing...
6
posted on
03/23/2005 9:40:12 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
To: ClearCase_guy
He was intentional. He was sending a message.
7
posted on
03/23/2005 9:40:19 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
To: sissyjane
What can he do? This is all about the state law of Florida, which nobody has overturned yet.
8
posted on
03/23/2005 9:40:28 AM PST
by
Lunatic Fringe
(Online backups for your business- http://backup.ntxsolutions.com)
To: mewzilla
9
posted on
03/23/2005 9:41:07 AM PST
by
eyespysomething
(It starts off as a drum circle, next thing you know you've got a college.)
To: xzins; All
Did anyone else hear this?
I'd like to know if he said anything else!!
10
posted on
03/23/2005 9:41:19 AM PST
by
sissyjane
(Silk pajamas for dress up, and flannel for everyday-perfect Freeper wardrobe!!)
To: xzins
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posted on
03/23/2005 9:41:36 AM PST
by
Ragtop
(We are the people our parents warned us about)
To: xzins
My guess is that Attorney General Gonzales and his staff are working overtime to find a way for the President to step in as the President without setting a precedent for future Presidents. Walking a thin wire here and sure hope the legal beagles at DOJ come up with something fast.
12
posted on
03/23/2005 9:41:37 AM PST
by
PhiKapMom
(AOII Mom -- Increase Republicans in Congress in 2006!)
To: xzins
What are his options?From what I can tell so far:
a. Say he his disappointed in the court's decision
b. State that we should err on the side of life
c. Do nothing while she is killed
13
posted on
03/23/2005 9:42:02 AM PST
by
Rokurota
(.)
To: sissyjane
He can send in federal marshals in order to recover the facility, and put the tube back in.
14
posted on
03/23/2005 9:42:07 AM PST
by
blakep
To: xzins
An executive order.
If President Clinton can override the judiciary and pardon Marc Rich, President Bush can save Terri Schiavo.
15
posted on
03/23/2005 9:42:15 AM PST
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: xzins
Couldn't he simply issue some sort of executive order?
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posted on
03/23/2005 9:42:42 AM PST
by
apillar
To: blakep
There is, of course, considerable historical precedent for such actions.
See, for example, from faculty.smu.edu/dsimon/Change-Civ%20Rts.html:
October 1957
Central High School
Little Rock, Arkansas
(David Halberstam, The Fifties, Chapter 44)
To comply with the Brown v. Board decision, plans were made to integrate Central High School in September of 1957. When nine black high school students arrived to attend Central High, they were met by an angry crowd. Despite his pledges of cooperation, the governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, in fact, ordered the Arkansas National Guard to keep the black students, known as the "Little Rock Nine," out of the school.
Faced with this defiance of a federal court order, President Dwight Eisenhower responded by sending troops from the 101st Airborne to Little Rock with orders to protect the nine students.
Eisenhower also federalized the Arkansas National Guard. This marked the first time since Reconstruction that federal troops were sent to the South. This incident was the first of several in which the governor of a state refused to ensure a peaceful process of integration and thereby forced the President of the United States to act...
17
posted on
03/23/2005 9:43:42 AM PST
by
RonDog
To: eyespysomething
It's a small world, Florida.
And it's watching.
18
posted on
03/23/2005 9:43:51 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
To: PhiKapMom
Why would we be worried about setting a precedent if it's the right and legal thing to do? If it's the right thing, then we would want it to set a precedent.
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posted on
03/23/2005 9:44:51 AM PST
by
Trust but Verify
(Pull up a chair and watch history being made.)
To: xzins
About all Bush can do is title her an enemy combatant, arrest her and have her shipped to a Military Base for confinement.
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posted on
03/23/2005 9:45:14 AM PST
by
Dave S
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