Your intellect only requires cheap and sophomoric insults.
Posted on 03/28/2005 8:02:29 AM PST by FR_addict
Florida governor says he doesn't have power from Constitution to intervene
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the man said to be the last hope for Terri Schiavo, says he's powerless to help the brain-injured woman who has been without nourishment for more than nine full days.
"I cannot violate a court order," Bush told CNN following Easter church services. "I don't have powers from the United States Constitution or – for that matter from the Florida Constitution – that would allow me to intervene after a decision has been made."
To Terri's parents, Bush said, "I can't. I'd love to, but I can't."
Speaking to the media for the first time in three days, the governor added, "I'm sad that she's in the situation that she's in. I feel bad for her family. My heart goes out to the Schindlers and, for that matter, to [her husband] Michael," Bush said. "This has not been an easy thing for any, any member of the family. But most particularly for Terri Schiavo."
Meanwhile, protests have continued outside the hospice where Terri is being cared for. With security having been doubled, five people were taken into custody as pastors tried to bring Schiavo Easter communion.
A handful of people in wheelchairs got out of them and shouted, "We're not dead yet!" as they lay in the driveway.
Larry Klayman, founder of the legal watchdog group Judicial Watch, said Bush has the power to grant her clemency, just as he would in a death-row case.
"We're asking the governor for a stay of execution on Easter Sunday, a day of mercy,'' Klayman said. "For Jeb Bush not to act would be a dereliction of his duty to the people of the state of Florida.''
Terri has been the subject of worldwide attention since Florida Judge George Greer ordered her feeding tube removed March 18, and courts have upheld his decision not to have the tube reinserted.
An attorney for Terri's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, painted a grim picture of the situation on CBS' "Face the Nation."
"Terri is declining rapidly," Schindler attorney David Gibbs said. "We believe at this point she has passed where physically she would be able to recover."
But Randall Terry, a pro-life activist speaking for Terri's parents, called Gibbs' description "absolutely untrue."
George Felos, the attorney for Michael Schiavo says Terri's breathing has been regular, and her death does not appear imminent. He told reporters her remains would be cremated and buried in a family plot in Pennsylvania.
You're a homophobe, too! Ain't surprised. All you seem to want is to cause division.
"Governor Reagan in California, and later, President Reagan, would have rejected that whining 'oh I've done all I can do' crapola, the Gipper would have had State National Guard troops and/or federal marshalls rescuing Terri Schiavo and would have had his Attorney General place that scumbag Greer under arrest for leading an insurrection.
Ronald Reagan actually BELIEVED in upholding the Constitution."
Amen, brother! He wouldn't have given a rat's bshind what the polls said, either!!
So you've gotten your Florida statutes and Constitution, but here's a bit more:
US Code
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 13 > § 241
§ 241. Conspiracy against rights
If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 13 > § 242
§ 242. Deprivation of rights under color of law
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.....,
Yes, judges and adulterous husbands are 'persons'.
(from one of the works the Founders used in constructing the Republic)
Of the Simplicity of Criminal Laws in different Governments
In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments:
in the former, because they are everything;
in the latter, because they are nothing.
THE SPIRIT OF LAWS Book VI By Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
Probably to you, irrelevant, (despite the fact all the Constitutions guarantee us a Republican form of government), so here's another court decision for you.
(Please remember the 'full faith and credit' clause before discounting a New York decision...)
Men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,-'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;' and to 'secure,' not grant or create, these rights, governments are instituted.
BUDD v. PEOPLE OF STATE OF NEW YORK, 143 U.S. 517 (1892)
So once government openly decides it no longer has to remain within the boundaries of the purpose for which it was constructed....then where are we?
You had to reach real hard to come up with that from my post. Sheesh.
There is a cure for what ails you (whatever THAT is), and that cure probably involves getting some more fibre into your diet.
Now print out this entire thread, roll it into a fine tube, and give yourself a self-check for polyps.
Take your time. There's a lot to wade through in there.
You need a bar of soap in your mouth.
I'D LOVE TO VOTE FOR YOU
BUT I CAN'T.
Try. YOu're in California, try.
And you just desire cheap insult and division.
Jeb Bush cannot violate a court order, but Judge Greer can violate a Congressional subpoena, and Federal Judges can violate a law passed by Congress.
ABSOLUTELY. The Constitution has been trampled upon in
Terri's case. The GIPPER would NEVER have allowed THAT.
To Terri's parents, Bush said, "I can't. I'd love to, but I can't."
Profile of courage......
Me - "I disagree with Mr. So and So. Thus, he is a Nazi."
Random Person - "Why, I've never though of it like that. A Nazi, you say? Very persuasive. I hate him already. Let's hope you and I never disagree."
Me - "Yes, I would hate for you to be a Nazi too."
This sort of thing happens all the time. People just can't keep up with my keen debating skills.
Another sign of a disruptor, discussing FReepers without pinging. Keep it up newbie, you're getting good milage in your disruption.
"Scew you Jeb, you coward.
Your remarks show your not one of us... so go back to DU."
What are you? A borg? That collective mindset you're advocating actually sets you up as a better candidate for DU membership.
One of Groucho's better lines : )
Wah, wah, wah. Pound sand and tell it to the Marines.
IOW, go talk to yourself, it's the best conversation you're going to have.
You want disruption?
Read your own damn posts. I'll stack up what I've had to say on this topic of Terri Schiavo and the Constitution against your puerile sputterings anytime.
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