A fox discusses henhouse security.
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EDMOND — In a recent biography of Federal District Judge Lee West, the jurist is quoted as citing with approval, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s observation that a conversation with a clever man always is worthwhile.
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But West also spoke about several instances in recent years that constituted attacks on the independence of the judiciary in this country.
He detailed the political posturing that occurred over the sad case of Terri Schiavo in which the U.S. Congress and the Bush White House sought to negate a ruling by a state court in Florida that allowed Schiavo’s husband to have her feeding tube removed because she had been comatose for more than eight years and that he believed she would not have wished to be kept alive in that state.
Schiavo’s parents had contested their son-in-law’s request in the Florida state court, but their objections had been overruled.
The enactment of the U.S. Congress purported to nullify the state court decisions that had authorized her husband to have her feeding tubes removed.
West praised the federal court in Florida and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals that refused to hear the case brought by Schiavo’s parents on the grounds that it was an issue that was within the jurisdiction of the state courts of Florida that already had ruled on the matter..........
U.S. justice system the best yet devised by man
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I proffer one more peek and John and Charlie considering becoming partners.
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The Brody File has been talking with pro-family leaders and activists and they all agree that if John McCain picks Florida Governor Charlie Crist as his running mate, there will be MAJOR dissatisfaction among social conservatives. Jim Backlin, a conservative activist with a hefty email list, told me:
Pro-Family Leaders Raise Red Flag on Charlie Crist VP Talk
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