Posted on 03/20/2005 7:08:50 AM PST by Pendragon_6
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Friday that subpoenas issued by Sen. Mike Enzi compelling Terri Schiavo to appear at a March 28 congressional hearing made it a crime to disconnect her feeding tube - and threatened anyone who interfered with her testimony with jail.
In a statement issued by the majority leader's office, Frist said:
"Federal criminal law protects witnesses called before official Congressional committee proceedings from anyone who may obstruct or impede a witness attendance or testimony."
"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.
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It is, in fact, superior to the courts. They have the power to establish jurisdiction, and to remove judges. Plus, with a compliant President, a smart Speaker of the House can actually get a judge evicted from a building where he thought he was going to hold court, or even find himself shipped to the Alaskan wilderness.
An uppity judge down in Florida trying to cover up his business of fleecing the elderly may well have gotten enough Congressional attention that many judges will "pay".
So, Congress wins and Judge Greer loses. Bye, bye Judge Greer!
Absoltely nothing. Why did you bring it up?
What on Earth does Schiavo v. Schindler, a case under Florida law, have to do with a State Judge flirting with contempt of Congress?
Why on earth are you inserting such a non sequitur into the debate?
You claimed in Post 549 that a Federal judge can vacate a Congressional subpeana.
"It doesn't work that way. A federal judge gets to decide whether or not the subpoena is valid."
So, again I ask you:
"Could you please cite one case where a Congressional subpoena was vacated by a Court that did not involve a matter of Executive Privilege protected under the Separation of Powers Doctrine of the Constitution?"
All we are getting out of you in this debate is tap dancing.
FUR SHUR a Sunday evening session of Congress has gotta' be the most tremendous show on TV, and it is. I just checked several cable channels and everybody's covering it. Now I'm over on C-Span.
No, it's not "can't." It's just "won't."
>>I was 15 years old, and was told "It's permanent, Get used to it". I was "Fixed" inside of 24 hours. I was lucky, If I had been that way for 6 Months, just pull my plug please!<<
Nice job, you just demolished your own argument.
>That's goverment interference beyond which I thought conservatives believed in.<
I refer you to the Bill of Rights. Life is an inalienable right, given by God. Except in this case, a slimy lawyer in a black polyester robe and an adulterous husband decide they are God.
>>I was 15 years old, and was told "It's permanent, Get used to it". I was "Fixed" inside of 24 hours. I was lucky, If I had been that way for 6 Months, just pull my plug please!<<
>>Nice job, you just demolished your own argument.
Um, What part of "If I had been that way for six months" didn't you understand? Life, even my life is not so precious as to destroy the life of others for.
I had been picturing the things my parents would be going through, and I would rather just move on to the afterlife without destroying their life here. Even now if I am in a PVS I would want them to pull the plug and save the money for my wife and kids.
"Um, What part of "If I had been that way for six months" didn't you understand? "
You argued that you would have had your own life ended, based on false information. You destroyed your own argument. Nice try.
The possibilities of foul play are mind boggling when searching for an excuse. But it is also most probable that everything has happened as it was originally presented.
Speculation does not prove anything for either side.
What is more probable -- what is evident -- is that all discovery so far in this is more impaired than Terri is.
Biblical quotes are open for interpretation and that is why there are a lot of ministers and different religions because nobody has the perfect answer in many circumstances. The belief that one is making a correct decision in some matters is an element of faith. But people even disagree about matters of faith and attempting to cloud personal decision by passing judgement on one is interfering and can be also considered a sin.
I find no humor in your references to the Hillbilly Belt.
There are probably more churches per capita in the "Hillbilly Belt" (also referred to by most schooled people as the Bible Belt) than anywhere in our nation.
You need to clear your mind with some fresh air and quit breathing the lead filled smog in your ivory tower.
Rural America is what carries our nation's idealism. It isn't the big city University or Washington DC. Ideas do not come from row houses but come from individual belief in independent thought. Stereotyping rural regions of America as somehow not important has reduced your relevance in this discussion significantly. You have exposed yourself as another one of those mindless sheeple.
And why should he be the one to move on when he has an unfinished request? Stepping aside is not an option and it is naive of you to think he can just walk away.
A Fox News dynamics poll on Schiavo this morning (Monday) gave the spouse something like 46% for making the medical decisions, 38% said the family should, and 12% undecided.
So looks like the numbers majority carry with the spouse.
I think most people are sick of this dominating the news and realize that government bureaucracy and courts are not the best options. Instituting a government healthcare bureaucracy could be the end result of this decision, rather than individuals making those decisions as has always been customary.
Give Terri to her parents and he can get on with his life. Terri is alive. Bottom line.
Option, request, and all that mambo, jambo, that you are rattling off can be stuffed.
The reason I call it the "Hillbilly Belt" is because there is a segment of people within the Bible Belt who reject the moral teachings of the Bible in favor of personal freedom. However, they line up with their neighbor Bible believers who are for limited government in regard to capitalistic endeavors (although the Bible believers expect a personal moral business ethic from employers & employees regulated by the market -- boycotting -- as opposed to government). HB's are typically against boycotting because it limits their freedom to have what they want.
"Hillbilly Belter's" are people who live in red states that adhere to blue state social perspective or live in blue states and adhere to red state financial perspective. Inconsistent in their life's philosophy.
It is good to know what motivates peoples decisions. I very rarely meet unpredictable people once I reason out their overlying motives.
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