This thing is incredibly stupid. Gov. Bush is a Governor! He's not a Dictator. And he has pushed his legal power to the limit trying to save this woman's life.
This thing is incredibly stupid. Gov. Bush is a Governor! He's not a Dictator. And he has pushed his legal power to the limit trying to save this woman's life.
You're wrong. Gov. Bush has not used his executive powers at all to intervene in this case. The only action he has taken has been to push the legislature.
As the state's supreme executive, he is clearly authorized to send in the National Guard if necessary. The Florida Constitution is quoted below and available online
here.
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
ARTICLE I DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
SECTION 2. Basic rights.--
All natural persons, female and male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and to acquire, possess and protect property; except that the ownership, inheritance, disposition and possession of real property by aliens ineligible for citizenship may be regulated or prohibited by law.
No person shall be deprived of any right because of race, religion, national origin, or physical disability.
ARTICLE IV EXECUTIVE
SECTION 1. Governor.--
(a)
The supreme executive power shall be vested in a governor, who shall be commander-in-chief of all military forces of the state not in active service of the United States.
The governor shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, commission all officers of the state and counties, and transact all necessary business with the officers of government. The governor may require information in writing from all executive or administrative state, county or municipal officers upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices. The governor shall be the chief administrative officer of the state responsible for the planning and budgeting for the state.
(d)
The governor shall have power to call out the militia to preserve the public peace, execute the laws of the state, suppress insurrection, or repel invasion.
The Judiciary has no power to enforce its judgments. It relies on the Executive Branch to do that. If the Executive Branch ignores it, the Judiciary is powerless. That is what Separate and Equal means.
Terri is being tortured and killed by directive of,now a Federal Judge, apointed by elected official of the United States who were placed in office by the American People. In other words, Terri is being tortured and murdered in the name of the American People.
Why are there not a million people in the street?