Why did they bother issuing them in the first place?
A woman in starving to death by order of the State of Florida, and politicians everywhere are sitting on their hands watching it happen!
The executive and legislative branches cannot use law as it is clearly written, but judges can not only use the law any way they wish, they can manipulate it to mean whatever they want.
Certainly no one would dispute the law allows Congress to suboena witnesses, but in this case, this particular law is ignored by the judges as it interferes with their supreme authority to interpret the law?!?
Why? It is becoming increasingly obvious (and this post will likely be zotted before too many can read it) that the Congress wanted to use Terri's demise to illustrate judicial tyranny. Now, if Terri's death is to have great value (how twisted to be phrasing it that way), her plight had to make the world stage. But frankly, I think the same could have been accomplished by stepping in today (Thursday) to save her from dying! Alas, some are expediently sacrificed. I know the democrats are willing and eager to sacrifice Terri to forward political empowerment for their constituencies. But what of the Republicans? [I'm beginning to think Harkin appeared so sincere because he already knew how this Whittemore clinton appointee would rule on the passed law. Democrats are deceptive like that don'tchaknow.
You don't start a fight if you don't intent to take it to the end. The Republicans were dragged in to Terri's fight last minute. Unlike the democrats, they have no stomach from fights unless its overseas.
When it comes to fighting our domestic enemies...the republicans are very French...
White flag...surrender...only its our rights and freedoms they are surrendering.