If the Executive won't act, he should at least have the decency to publicly wash his hands and beg off like the example above. He can even use the words "see ye to it".
When do they plan on meeting late August or next Christmas
I guess the real power of the land is the courts now. The true title of the piece should read, "US law not worth the paper it is written on."
Mike
I know that there are good people who are genuinely concerned for Terri's well-being.. but all the public sees is clowns likes Delay who want to exploit a tragedy for political gain. It isn't pretty.
They've seen the public opinion polls.
There comes a time when abiding by the injunctions of these robed tyrants should be disregarded, the legal consequences be damned. Life takes precedence over the convenience of the court and every basic sense of justice to humanity dictates that this woman should be allowed to live. The courts of the past recognized this once upon a time, but have long since abdicated themselves to a culture of death. In that case it is up to Governor Bush to say to hell with the courts and act. Let justice be done, though the Heavens may fall.
Jeb Bush has one last clear shot to act and save this woman's life. So does the President.
If they don't, they will have reduced themselves as leaders.
The Senate has one chance to fix the more general problem by invoking the so-called "Nuclear Option" and installing strict constructionist judges. But they too are wavering.
If they don't, the Republican party will split. The pro-life Christians will have been definitively betrayed and, demoralized, they will sit out the next election, or vote for a new "Pro-life party" or the like.
I hope the Republican leadership realizes that they are standing on a precipice. But I get the feeling they believe this Life issue can be finessed.
It can't be. The Republicans have the power. The Christians know it. It's the only issue the pro-life Christians really care about, or have cared about for a long time.
If the Republicans don't stand up and do the right thing, electoral disaster awaits.
Linear thinking.
Word up!
No. Lack of Cojones.
THe simple fact is, the Branches of Government are COEQUAL.
The Executive of Florida, OR the United States, should EXECUTE THE LAW AS THEY SEE FIT, and MAKE THE COURTS Sue them.
SCOTUS would be forced to Rule, or by their inaction Let Terri live.Whcih would still be a ruling.
The guy tells me Frist is home for the Easter holiday.
Told him that he seemed to have time to do a medical diagnosis via edited videotape and time to go to New Hampshire to campaign, too bad he had no time for the job he has.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Regards, Ivan
They did their best and I for one appreciate the effort.
Once again the executive and legislative branches bow to the ultimate authority of the judicial branch. What spineless twerps.
They are on vacation now. Don't bother them with a starving woman.
Funny how Janet "Take Charge" Reno could storm into the state of Texas with the military and kill 88 Texans, and defy a Florida state decision awarding the custody of Elian Gonzalez to his Miami family abducting him at gunpoint. But little Alberto Gonzalez, our phantom Attorney General now, is MIA though this entire nasty affair. He's coloring Easter eggs or sucking his thumb under his bed, or something. I know he's not half the man Janet Reno was.
Right or wrong, I bet this shuts down any chance Jeb might have had to be President.
Are all those subpoenas to Terri Schiavo and her relatives meaningless?
A "little judge" from a state local court stoop up to Congress, and Congress blinked. Am I missing something here? How doesn't Congress vote to hold the state judge in contempt?
Why happened to Delay's threat?
DeLay Pledges Contempt Charge for Terri JudgeHouse Majority Leader Tom DeLay pledged Friday to hold Florida state judge George Greer in contempt of Congress for ignoring a congressional subpoena for Terri Schiavo's testimony, saying, "No little judge sitting in a state district court in Florida is going to usurp the authority of Congress."
"The Congress will pursue this, if we have to hold him in contempt of Congress," DeLay told radio host Sean Hannity.
They have no moral authority left. We have seen their true colors.