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To: 1L
I have a desparate last ditch idea that perhaps could blow Judge Greer out of the water and give Terri a chance. Greer has physically prevented people from giving Terri water. It seems to me that all he could legally do is order her feeding tube withdrawn. How can he legally stop her from trying to hydrate herself with her family's help? If she could eat and drink on her own can he order people not to give her food or water? Can he have this authority legally? We don't know if she could take nourishment on her own and he is preventing her from even gettig a chance. Can this be legal?

If he (Greer) has overstepped his authority with this action (stopping people from giving her water by mouth) and violated Terri's civil rights could Jeb Bush get him thrown off the case and an emergency order to let her parents give her water or ice chips? That may give her enough hydration to get her to a new Florida court and a new trial and custody order. Greer has been the major problem all along.

2 posted on 03/24/2005 2:17:29 PM PST by politeia
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To: politeia

He ruled the feeding tube be removed AND Terri not be fed in the mouth.


11 posted on 03/24/2005 2:25:00 PM PST by angelanddevil2
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To: politeia

How about the local city folks yank the business license or condemn the facility because it fails a (very rushed) health inspection. Make it the building isn't safe for occupancy by humans, or for killing them either. Residents and staff must evaccuate immediately then the Gov. could swoop in and pick up the residents and take them all under his care.

If Judge Greer can thumb his nose at US House because it's his business and not theirs then I say the local city gov. can tell Greer to piss off, it's not any of his business if the facility happens to have a serious mold or teetsi fly problem.


61 posted on 03/24/2005 3:04:24 PM PST by BigDaddyTX
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To: politeia

You pose an interesting tactic.

To offer some "additional ammunition" - Has judge greer failed to declare a conflict of interest in hearing this case, since his wife is reported to be one of the executive for the hospice at which Terri is being held hostage, and summarily executed in a manner by which even the SPCA (Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) should find repugnant.


64 posted on 03/24/2005 3:05:32 PM PST by Information Friendly (A person who stands for nothing will fall for anything!)
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To: politeia
Greer did not order the feeding tube or port to be removed. Greer ordered that Michael Schiavo "shall cause the removal of nutrition and hydration...". Even though she does not drool and therefore swallows up to a liter of saliva a day (and therefore could conceivably swallow water if allowed to) no one is allowed to attempt this.

This is akin to the judge ordering the removal of all oxygen by tightly tying a plastic bag over a patient's head while unplugging the respirator.

68 posted on 03/24/2005 3:07:19 PM PST by Spiff (Don't believe everything you think.)
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