Posted on 03/23/2005 5:04:24 AM PST by Maurice Tift
The shocking governmental homicide of Terri Schiavo has many dimensions, twists, and turns--all of which, upon analysis, converge on one inescapable reality: The life of Terri Schiavo is solely in the hands of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
While Terri lies dying by slow execution in a Pinellas Park hospice, Gov. Bush and others have looked mainly to the legislative process for relief--knowing full well that any special law intended to spare Terri's life will likely be overturned or disregarded by unsympathetic courts on the pretext of "separation of powers."
Terri's protectors have also appealed repeatedly to the courts themselves to correct their own excesses and lapses throughout this horrific ordeal--with equally predictable results.
At this point, the obvious solution is an executive one.
The case for executive relief
Any delegating of executive authority to the other branches will not only fail to save Terri, it appears--because the courts pretend to reign supreme, at the expense of true equilibrium between the branches--but it amounts to passing the authoritative buck.
The result will be not only the unconscionable death of an innocent woman whose execution cannot be justified on the basis of the facts, let alone on moral grounds, but the executive power will be shown to be what it has willfully become: impotent.
Not only that, but if Terri dies, the executive authority in Florida will be directly complicit.
No other entity in the state has authority to kill Terri. The courts can't do it. Nor can the legislature do anything directly about it. Only the executive can actually put people to death, under constitution-based law.
This fact dispels any notion that the governor is powerless to spare Terri. The truth is, only the governor--who oversees all agencies of executive power in the state--can in fact put Terri to death.
Officers already acting to kill Terri
Under authority of Jeb Bush, police are already at the scene--not to protect Terri, but to ensure that she is killed. They are, in fact, executing her.
Numerous well-meaning people who have tried to feed Terri--acting from simple respect for Judeo-Christian morality and compassion--have been arrested by uniformed officers who are acting on executive orders drawn up in conflict with the clear written meaning of constitutional law.
Rather than stand firm on the separation of powers principle upon which the Constitution, itself, is based, the executive power--at this very moment in the Terri Schiavo case--is actively participating in Terri's murder, having abdicated constitutional authority to the emerging bullies in government: the judiciary.
The result is total chaos, in the midst of an unprecedented constitutional crisis, the only remedy to which is for the executive to defend his rightful turf and preserve not only Terri's life, but the life of the republic.
The outward "orderliness" with which Terri is now being cruelly put to death--upon "orders" from an agenda-driven judiciary that has no power to act--belies the real truth of what is happening. Our nation's heart is being ripped out by the executive--not by anyone else--and with that loss goes our moral authority as a nation to lead the world.
As some suggest, we are behaving as a third-world dictatorship that cares little about innocent human life, and less about constitutional law.
Gov. Bush, put a stop to this travesty right now, for the sake of all that our nation stands for, in the interest of meriting God's merciful protection of our country in the years ahead.
If you "allow" Terri to die, you will indeed be her chief executioner.
CALL GOV. BUSH at 850-488-4441 Email: jeb@myflorida.com
"Ahhh, yes. It always come back around to "it's the Republicans' fault."
Yep. There was a Rev on FNC earlier outside of Terri's hospice. As I recall, the Brother that was on before him thanked Pres Bush and the US Senate and Congress. The Rev just blasted the FL Senate Leader Lee and said something to the effect of if Terri dies it's Lee's fault and the Republicans fault (think he may have thrown Jeb's name in there, too). Really ticked me off. He did say something about the FL House passing a bill and the Senate needed to act - that's all I heard of it.
Sorry, Jeb Bush & George Bush have so far done everything in their, legal power, to help Terri. You wan't to blame someone? Clinton appointed judges seems a good place to start.
How about blaming Terri's bulimia?
What a great post. You hit on all of it.
Ya think? Jeb Bush is a coward.
Only God can make miracles happen. As much as I respect the Bush brothers, they are not God. We would all do well to remember that.
Thanks. Unfortunately, reason is lost on far too many people.
He will now be called a Death Cultist.
That is SO UNFAIR...Jeb has tried mightily to save Terri...
That's so WRONG to say of him..
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Bull hockey
How are they "politicizing" things? A group of Republicans in the Florida Senate has refused to vote to help Terri. A Sen. King (GOP) was quoted as saying she's better off dead (he put it more poetically - something about better in heaven than in bed). So the family doesn't have a right to respond? I find it quite remarkable how liberals hate the mother, father, sister and brother of this girl. What accounts for the liberal hatred of people who are losing their daughter/sister? Michael Savage may be right: liberalism is not a mistaken outlook, it's a mental disease.
I guess you could criticize the family for directing their ire at the handful of Republicans who are condemning terri to death (as opposed to the many Democrats), but that's because the party whose platform honors life is naturally held to a higher standard - - it's the party we look to to protect life. We can't expect anything of the Democrats - many of whom have confirmed Ann Coulter's description of them as the "Evil Party"
I expect the lawless libs to act in that fashion.
What is inexcusable is for the Republican controlled executive branch to allow these judges' ruling to be enforced.
Republicans are held to a higher standard. If they weren't, we wouldn't even have the FR.
I certainly can't refute that unassailable argument.
The Bushes are doing what they can. I think they realize that in this particular case there is little they can do. But by their actions, they are sending a clear message that things need to be cleaned up so something like this doesn't happen again. Call it "strategery." I do not believe they have any intention of violating the Separation of Powers, but they are merely trying to use the bully pulpit in the most effective means. Sure it's controversial, but that's the point, to at least get the awareness out there.
Jeb Speaking out to Florida state legislator:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1368880/posts
I have to agree. Let's hope he does not take the Pontius Pilate approach during this Easter week.
As they hold the position of the Chief Executive of the state of Florida, in this case, they are to blame. Just because the media and the Demorats blame Republicans for everything evil under the sun, does not mean that the Republicans can't be criticized for not standing up to the evil being perpetrated on Terri.
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