"A judicial coup" (by Judge Greer) -- Hugh Hewitt: read this!

National Ledger ^ | Mar 30 05 | Rick James

[churchillbuff]

A Judicial Coup by Rick James

What has happened to the fourteenth amendment? How did “Due Process” get so twisted?

Is it the will of the people to starve a disabled woman to death so her husband can remarry and cash his settlement check? Is it the will of the people to allow sodomy in Texas? Is it the will of the people to allow gays to marry in San Francisco and Massachusetts? Is it the will of the people to exempt minors from the death penalty? These are the laws that our elected officials have had overturned by overzealous, arrogant, egotistical, aloof judges who believe they are above the law rather than an equal branch.

Judge Greer is the icing on the cake. He flat out defied the congressional order to replace Mrs. Shiavo's feeding tube and now seems to be one of many others who salivate over her doomed existence. He even issued a warning to Governor Bush that he would be held in contempt for staging a rescue attempt through the course of Florida's Department of Children and Family.

Greer needs to take a look in the mirror.

Judge Greer should be the one in handcuffs for thumbing his nose at the law passed in the wee hours last Sunday. But now, in this new world, these tyrannical judges have deemed themselves the final word.

So now where do we go? Where is the check and balance on the court?

The Schiavo case goes much further than Terri Schiavo. In my opinion, she will die a martyr. Anyone with a certain amount of common sense can see with affidavit after affidavit from Terri's care givers, that there is more hope for her case than we have been led to believe.

It's no longer just about the wishes of a sick woman, or the word of her husband. The case remains in question, but rather than give her a chance at life while it is retried, she is given not even the rights of a common heinous criminal. As the truth comes out, it will become obvious who dropped the ball--the judicial system.

The system has failed to perform its basic task, protecting life for one citizen. Life is the first inalienable right.

The U.S. Congress upheld its end of the bargain, although it was a bit late. The duty of the court at that point should have been to uphold the law instead of re-writing it. During a trying time like this it seems obvious that we have lost control.

Public opinion is slow to catch on to Article Three of the constitution.

Most Americans don't know that congress holds jurisdiction over the court. This could have something to do with the lack of education in the educational system. We have been numbed to reject this fact.

The question really isn't how we allowed to inmates to run the asylum, but how do we pry their fingers off the keys to the front door? The only way is to start locking up judges who don't follow the constitution. We need to let these judges know we are mad as hell, and we aren't going to take it anymore.

Rick James has a strong interest in political issues and is working on a historical novel set in the time of the American Revolution.

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[churchillbuff]

"Coup." That's the word I've been searching for in recent days -- to describe the way Judge Greer reportedly ordered local cops to resist Jeb Bush's state police and a state agency: the Dept of Child and Family services.

I'd heard Hugh Hewitt warning how it would create a constitutional crisis if Jeb tried to take a stand against Greer. And Hewitt is probably right in the sense that it would be messy - maybe more messy than it's worth.

But it's still important to understand that the constitutional crisis already exists - it was created by Judge Greer when he assumed executive authority over local and county police - and resisted state executive-branch agencies (and congressional supbeonas).

I WISH HUGH HEWITT WOULD TAKE A BREAK FROM CRITICIZING FREEPERS, AND CRITICIZE JUDGE GREER FOR ASSUMING EXTRA-JUDICIAL POWER. When Terri's fate is finalized - one way or the other - the issue of Judge Greer's behavior will remain. And I believe it is an issue that must be formally examined by the Florida legislature (because he defied state agencies), and by the US Congress (because he defied congressional subpeonas). This was not an exercise in legitimate judicial authority; he stepped over the bounds -- usurping executive power. There has to be a response to this kind of unconstitutional behavior by a judge. Impeachment, anyone? TAKE IT AWAY, HUGH HEWITT -- PLEASE START TALKING ABOUT A LEGITIMATE STRATEGY FOR BRINGING JUDGE GREER TO ACCOUNT!!!

[tomahawk]

I'VE BEEN SAYING THE SAME THING FOR 2 WEEKS NOW!

[Diogenesis]

ANDRE LENOGE: "Where is Congress? Where are the Senators?
Nobody knows. Their chambers are empty. No one is there.
There has only been only one case like this in all of American history.
That was Roanoke Island [North Carolina] in 1587 when everyone disappeared. Every man, woman and child.
Hope is dimming for the missing residents of the US Congress
but .... there is word carved on the wall of the Senate Chamber, "Croaton".
No one knows what it means. Maybe its a place favored for pork? No one knows.
But I do know one thing. Congress will ALL need to be replaced in the next election."

Senators (in Unison): "We are sorry Judge Greer. We are sorry Judge Greer. We will give you what you want.
We are so sorry Judge Greer. Please take our respect and our children.
Starve them. Cremate them. Feed them to your seeing-eye dogs. Oh Judge Greer, we worship you and will all give you anything you want."

Official flag of Pinella county florida

" 9. Between September 1939 and April 1945 the defendants Karl Brandt, Blome, Brack, and Hoven unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly committed war crimes, as defined by Article II of Control Council Law No. 10, in that they were principals in, accessories to, ordered, abetted, took a consenting part in, and were connected with plans and enterprises involving the execution of the so-called "euthanasia" program of the German Reich in the course of which the defendants herein murdered hundreds of thousands of human beings, including nationals of German-occupied countries. This program involved the systematic and secret execution of the aged, insane, incurably ill, of deformed children, and other persons, by gas, lethal injections, and diverse other means in nursing homes, hospitals, and asylums. Such persons were regarded as "useless eaters" and a burden to the German war machine. The relatives of these victims were informed that they died from natural causes, such as heart failure. German doctors involved in the "euthanasia" program were also sent to Eastern occupied countries to assist in the mass extermination of Jews."

[ Count 2, section 9, of the indictment in "the Doctor's Trial" at the Nuremberg war crimes trial;
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ]

HEALTHFUL DRINKS WITH WARM MEALS SINCE THE ORDER-TO-MURDER-AN-INVALID BY JUDGE GREER
Scumbag Torturer and Murderer-At-Will Pinellas County Judgenfuhrer Greer ..... 55
..................................................................... Terri Shiavo 0
...................................................................... Lee Malvo 48
................................................................. Scott Peterson 47

[TheGunny]

I WISH HUGH HEWITT WOULD TAKE A BREAK FROM CRITICIZING FREEPERS, AND CRITICIZE JUDGE GREER FOR ASSUMING EXTRA-JUDICIAL POWER.

I like Hugh, but he is a lawyer.

[churchillbuff]

ping

[tomahawk]

George the Butcher Greer will never have a day of peace if Terri dies, not one.

[robowombat]

How long will it be before the legislating judiciary find rationales in 'emerging global standards' for nullifying the 2ND Amendment.

[churchillbuff]

It's Judge Greer who started a constitutional crisis - by commandeering local cops to defy a state agency and the governor - and by thumbing nose at congressional subpeonas. Will there be no repercussions for what he's done?

[PeterFinn]

"maybe more messy than it's worth."

Right. So now we will have a precedent and when it is your life that a puke in a black robe orders ended no one will stand up for you.

Or me.

[atomicpossum]

Greer also exceeded his authority regarding 'life support' when he ordered that oral feeding would be barred. Does Florida law grant him the right to classify a normal human need as 'life support?' If so, we're all on 'life support' and can be cut off on the unquestionable decision of a judge.

There's your reason for the Exec to ignore the court order.

[Kenny Bunkport]

I'd heard Hugh Hewitt warning how it would create a constitutional crisis if Jeb tried to take a stand against Greer.

We're already in the midst of a constitutional crisis vis-a-vis the courts. Someone should do something to bring this crisis to a head so it can be resolved.

[BCrago66]

I think Mr. James should stick to producing music such as "Superfreak."

[elbucko]

TAKE IT AWAY, HUGH HEWITT -- PLEASE START TALKING ABOUT A LEGITIMATE STRATEGY FOR BRINGING JUDGE GREER TO ACCOUNT!!!

Hewitt won't do anything of the kind. I've listened to him since he was on KFI radio, Sunday nights, 2100 to 2400hrs local. Hewitt is part of the legal, East Coast RINO Repubs that are a party to this farce. If it wasn't for the plasticity of the 14th. Amendment, lawyers like Hewitt would starve. When one listens to Hugh Hewitt, one only learns three things: 1. He went to Harvard. 2. He is a lawyer. 3. He believes he's really, really smart. The rest is prologue

[sarasota]

Greer has made our congress look like fools.

[TheDon]

But it's still important to understand that the constitutional crisis already exists - it was created by Judge Greer when he assumed executive authority over local and county police - and resisted state executive-branch agencies (and congressional supbeonas).

Does the county sheriff work for the governor?

[Amore]

I'll probably get flamed for this, but oh well. I am a big believer that the judiciary has taken on extra power it should not have. Something serious really needs to be done, although I see no signs that anyone is organizing any resistance to the encroachment of the judiciary upon the other branches.

That said, in this case, I think Jeb and the legislature are in the wrong. They are the ones who are stepping in where they shouldn't be. This case, in Florida, has been going on for years and years, but, nationally, people only recently heard about Schiavo (which, since it is Italian, they should be pronouncing Ski-Av-Oh, BTW). This circus over her is insane. People make similar life (coma, vegetative state) versus death decisions all the time. Thankfully, they do not receive the same publicity.

I've got my living will, and I do not believe that God would disapprove.

[churchillbuff]

"maybe more messy than it's worth."

I was saying that for the sake of argument. If Hewitt and those who agree with him think that sending in state law enforcement, while Terri is still alive, is too confrontational, I'm trying to persuade them at least to consider what to do about Greer once Terri has either passed or (knock wood) been rescued, finally, by the 11th Circuit.

I myself actually believe that Jeb should take a stand now (I'm very skeptical that local police would "shoot" state authorities -- the county cops ultimately answer to Jeb anyway, I beliebe); ; but I'm leaving that aside for the moment. We need to consider what the consequences should be for Greer for having stepped beyond his legitimate judicial role. If there are no consequences, then the whole country has taken another giant step toward judicial oligarchy.

[Diogenesis]

Judgenfuhrer Greer: "April Fools. The US Congress is finished.
It is March 30th and we have proven that the US Congress
is NOTHING but a clot of inept and weak pussies
writing subpoenas not worth a bucket of warm spit.
18 USC Section 1505 - I urinate on it. Title 2 of the US code, I deficate on it."

[churchillbuff]

Hewitt won't do anything of the kind.""""

Hewitt is based in California, right? Didn't voters in Califonria kick out some state Supreme Court judges a few years ago for being too liberal? Did Hewitt support that voter revolt, or oppose it?

[markman46]

Dennis Prager has Hewitt and Medved on right now