Posted on 03/20/2005 7:08:50 AM PST by Pendragon_6
Many of the 11,000 cases are probably wrong as well. Terri's plight is going to blow the whole mess out of the water. I've already learned that there is no way I would let medical professionals starve and dehydrate me to death!
All the other judges reviewed process and law, not "fact".
Right, let the judges all be kings for life. I'm with you, buddy.
Greer should just have a gold crown placed on his head - in fact, he should be allowed to starve anyone he likes. After all, he's a (tremble) JUDGE!
"Why not let everybody in Intensive Care just die?
Fire the doctors and save $billions in health care costs."
Actually, just wait for the Democrats to get back in power -
simply issue a subpeona for EVERY sick person to appear and voila ! instant universal healthcare !
But there is only one radical side advocating killing the non-believers.
Beside the poiint. The vow was "til death do us part."
he shoulda hoored that vow and kept his thing-thing in his pants.
Sex is NOT that crucial.
exactly! a court is constrained in appellate situations from refinding facts. i would be interested to talk to antonin to see what he thinks should be done. i have NO DOUBT that as a devout catholic (his son is a priest in a neighboring parish here in noVA), he is in favor of her being allowed to live. and again, i have no doubt that it probably pained him greatly to not be able to afford her relief. i am not sure what the legislation provides as far as review. personally i would favor a complete de novo review, with new MEDICAL evidence. but i doubt that would ever have passed the congress.
Yeah, the government should stay out of personal issues.
If doctors and judges want to off helpless people, it's their (bleeping) business and the gov't should butt out!
Didn't Greer also pull the plug on his own parents?
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Beside the point. The vow was "til death do us part."
He shoulda honored that vow and kept his thing-thing in his pants.
Sex is NOT that crucial.
I believe the reason MS won't turn Terri over to her parents is twofold.
#1. Trying to carry out her wishes. You may not believe him. However, several courts have found his testimony credible. Additionally, I don't know anyone who WOULD want to live this way for 15 years.
#2. I think that MS is convinced there is no hope for his wife. Court appointed doctors have said she is PVS with no hope of recovery.
#3. I think MS is trying to prevent the Schindlers from keeping their daughter alive even in the event she needs multiple amputations.
Court testimony provided by members of the Schindler family included very personal statements about their desire and intention to ensure that Theresa remain alive . . . at any and all costs. Nearly gruesome examples were given, eliciting agreement by family members that in the event Theresa should contract diabetes and subsequent gangrene in each of her limbs, they would agree to amputate each limb and would then, were she to be diagnosed with heart disease, perform open-heart surgery. Within the testimony, as part of the hypothetical presented, Schindler family members stated that even if Theresa had told them of her intention to have artificial nutrition withdrawn, they would not do it.
Yup! Us Christian nations are sending boatloads of suicide bombers all over the place...
I'm lowering my age estimate of you now down to 14.
OK, now you are rocking me back on my heels here. you said you were a 17, almost 18 yo young man? i tell you here and now, i am going to dessiminate that little tidbit to every female you are looking to date ; ) LOLOL!
When it comes to government interferance, extraordinary cases are the precident and the foothold that opens the door for further manipulation of peoples rights.
It is obvious that control over people is most important when congress becomes involved in any matter where people hold their line without compromise.
Now, why is it you want to kill this woman so badly? Did your mother do something to you, or was it the rejection of other women in the third grade when everybody wanted to play doctor "but don't let Howlin in", if I recall the words correctly?
Anyway, stick your drool tube back in your mouth, and let this play out.
"More specifically," said the Senate's top Republican, "the law protects a witness from anyone who - by threats, force, or by any threatening letter or communication - influences, obstructs, or impedes an inquiry or investigation by Congress.
"Anyone who violates this law is subject to criminal fines and imprisonment," Frist said.
Senator Frist is correct. Judge Greer should have complied with the subpoena.
I haven't seen this disccused before, but isn't this judge on the board of the hospice where Terri is incarcerated? If Mikey really has spent all Terri's money, then who would pay for her care? Or would the hopsice have to foot the bill?
Terri is a young woman and could live another 40 years. This judge should recuse himself simply based on the fact that he is on the board of this hospice and has a conflict of interest. He has a duty as a board member to protect the hospice. He can't fulfill that duty AND protect Terri's interest at the same time.
I think I am correct on this. Somebody correct me if I'm not.
You are amazing and disgusting.
It's not beside the point. If I tell my husband that I don't want to live like that, or anyone else for that matter, I expect them to honor that.
And regardless of what you think about MS, several courts of law have found his statements credible that Terri didn't want to live like that.
He did everything he could for her in the initial years and it wasn't until the medical malpractice suit was litigated and doctor after doctor testified under oath that she was PVS and there was no hope that he gave up hope, imo.
Oh, you have additional information that Scalia did, in fact, want to hear this case on Friday?
Let's have it.
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