Posted on 03/25/2005 11:35:25 AM PST by gopwinsin04
While reading the latest updates on the case, I remembered that there are still these congressional hearings to be done next week.
If Terri was still alive Monday, could she be taken out of Judge Greer's jurisdiction by federal authorities to comply with the congressional order to testify? Maybe some of the more astute legal minds here could take this question on
I had heard that the hearing scheduled for Friday was postponed but that the Monday ones might stil be on.
A.If we have a special issue we want, then we can "see" it in the Constitution and this trumps anything.
B.If the legislatures, federal or state, pass a law that we don't like, then we simply declare that it's unconstitutional or issue an injunction.
C.Ignore anything from a legislative or executive branch of state or federal government that we don't like. This is too easy.
Right now - I feel they shouldn't be there. If we can't do anything about a citizen being murdered - with all the info out there from nurses, friends, neurologists and the obvious conflict of interest, etc. - we have no right bringing freedom elsewhere. We need to clean our own house first.
PERHAPS THE liberals WILL have SADDAM on the ballot next time - he has a great resume - the liberals approve of killing innocent people. It proves it w/their anti-war movement - no life, liberty or freedom for the citizens of Iraq.
This case changes to fast it's hard to keep up with all the new info.
One lesson to be learned here is, be careful of going into a hospital alive, you may come out dead through no fault of your own. In the hospital you become a ward of the state.
He has no such judicial authority. He is a county judge and cannot rule on the constitionality on any law.
After working 19 years in the health care field, I can tell you that NO ONE can accurately predict when a person will die. However, the chances of her making it to tomorrow are probably low.
"Has anyone thought that Michael Schiavo has a common-law wife, and that the Governor can have his marriage to Terry declared void, which then removes Michael from any claims?"
Personally, I have zero faith that Jeb Bush has the stones to do much except hide behind the law and the judges, or use the law and the judges for an excuse. He is no hero, and as far as I am concerned, the Alleged Governor of Florida is the highest office he should ever hold.
Are "WE THE PEOPLE" ready to do something to recapture our alienable rights and not what any judge say they are according to THEIR descretion?
Or are we too comfortable?
The March for Justice is a good start.
He ALSO did away with the retarded idea of 'beyond all reasonable doubt'.
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Repondents' Emergency Expedited Motion for Permission to Provide Theresa Schiavo with Food and Water by Natural Means is DENIED.
"He ALSO did away with the retarded idea of 'beyond all reasonable doubt'."
It is a civil case where the standard is by a preponderence of the evidence. I wish beyond a reasonable doubt applied and this travesty might not be occuring.
My wife and I were just discussing this. There are two factors: Doctors/Hospitals and Families. As to doctors, most of them have bought into the culture of death. If you listen to most experts, even on FOX NEWS, it isn't their medical knowledge that is sought, it is their moral ethics or the lack thereof (or the fancy word bioethics) that is sought out.
The problem with families is this. Probably a third of the families in this country don't get along that well. They are kinda glad when their mother/husband/daughter has gone to the grocery store so they don't have to be with them. They fight all the time or secretly wish them harm, though they would never lay a hand on them. But when an opportunity comes and a doctor supports them - Bye Bye!
This being human nature - it is only a culture of life (Respect for the Sixth Commandment and the Fear of God) that will keep us from killing each other.
He has really overstepped his authority and God knows it too. Wait till Georgie sees God implement His authority over him. Soon to come for our education. And there is no appeals process.
According to a neurologist - tonight or tomorrow she will have permanent brain damage because of NO WATER.
Jeb failed - the one last hope she had to survive the torture brought on by her illegal guardian, encouraged by his attorney, made law by greer and back up by all the looser courts and MSM.
God Bless those nurses who came forward - at their own risk - knowing the forces of darkness - are against them mightly. Also, to the neruologists and friends of Terri. THEY do not have the blood of Terri on their hands.
Thanks to all here who encouraged, uplifted each other through this battle. We may have lost this battle BUT we already know...We won the War on a Friday 2000 years ago.
You're probably right. Same thing would have happened already if it was Barbara Bush being starved to death.
Very compelling point. If this was the scenario Judge Greer would be found in some park a la Vince Foster or he would be in 125 assorted cans of dog food.
Good point. Very good point. At one time, your comment would have come across as flippant - now it is reality.
> The whole bit with the subpoenas lends one to the conclusion this was nothing more than grandstanding.
Only the most naive would conclude otherwise.
Terri, and HINO, were subpoenaed for two appearances -- one today, 3/25; reportedly, a congressional hearing group was to meet at the hospice. No more word about that. The other hearing required Terri and HINO and a number of others to be in Washington on Monday, 3/28, for a different committee's hearing.
> Simply have federal marshals (quite legally) wheel her out for the hearing.
IMHO, Congress should have ordered such an action with Greer's first public statement of defiance. She'll probably be dead by Sunday when it would be reasonable (for most people) to travel to Washington. It does seem like, as you wrote, that all this has been grandstanding. The entire U.S. political government structure collapsed to kowtow to this county court judge. Disgusting, disgraceful, spineless behavior by these bodies and individual officials -- Congress, POTUS, Jeb Bush, et al. What's the point in their occupying office and our taxpayer dollars supporting them? Constitutionally they are supposed to be there to protect citizen rights. They totally abandoned Terri and have manipulated her civil law execution.
> My take is the subpoenas should never been issued in the first place
Congress has the absolute lawful right to issue subpoenas for committee hearing appearances. Hey, committee subpoenas were issued for baseball players on the steroids issue.
That being said, I agree with you that, having been issued, for Congress to now ignore them is, as you put it, "half-assed about enforcing them.". Every political official and governmental agency that has a duty to stand up to this county court judge's unlawful and unconstitutional rulings and orders has/have disgraced himself/herself/themselves and appear impotent in front of the entire world.
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