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To: LOC1

"Why was only one man, Judge Greer, the determinant of the facts in Terri's case?"

No. That is why the Schiavo's have the ability to appeal, which they did. During the appeal, the other 19 judges (I may be wrong on this number)look at the case and determine whether the judge had followed the law. They determined, in this case, that he had. Whether his decision was moral or favorable with conservatives or Christians etc., does not usually play into judicial decisions.

Note: The above post is to be viewed as informative and is not an attempt to express opinion or make a case for either the Schindlers or Schiavo's.


21 posted on 04/01/2005 5:55:09 AM PST by DollarCoins
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To: DollarCoins

The substance of your answer seems to confirm that only one judge determined the facts.


33 posted on 04/01/2005 6:16:03 AM PST by murdoog
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To: DollarCoins

When man' law attempts to trump God's
man's law is not to be obeyed.


34 posted on 04/01/2005 6:16:44 AM PST by joesnuffy (The generation that survived the depression and won WW2 proved poverty does not cause crime)
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To: DollarCoins
During the appeal, the other 19 judges (I may be wrong on this number)look at the case and determine whether the judge had followed the law.

You are either trying to be clever or disingenuous. The poster you responded to clearly said the facts in this case. Not a single other judge ever examined the facts... not one! The facts of the case and the law in the case are two very different things. The law may state that a judge has the authority to decide the facts (and therefore have been followed) without the actual facts determined being correct (which is pretty much what happened here). Once T.S. was declared PVS by Greer, and once he ruled that her wish was that she not be sustained by extraordinary measures, not a single other judge examined the accuracy of those "facts." They were simply accepted by all of the appeals courts.

So your post does not address the original post's complaint at all. The appeals court judges looked to see if the law had been followed, not if the facts were accurate...

35 posted on 04/01/2005 6:19:29 AM PST by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Still teaching... or a reasonable facsimile thereof...)
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