Calpernia said: "I didn't say he shouldn't. I said if he did the focus should be Greer and Co. Not specifically Terri."
Go back and read how executive orders have been written in the past and you will see the president has a great deal of leeway in these matters. The fact is this: the Constitution protects every person's right to life, liberty and happiness and in this case this right is being cruelly taken from a young woman. The president has the right to step in and intervene through executive order.
Why do you think the judiciary has more power than the Constitution grants, yet feel the president has so little?
That is the true misunderstanding here. The 3 branches are supposed to balance one another, not take over as the judiciary is doing here. If the president steps in with executive order he won't be taking over - he'll be intervening so the witness (deemed such by Congressional Subpoena) can remain alive and so the "powers that be" can haggle through the details later.
You asked: "What are you—and in all fairness, everyone else on Free Republic— willing to do if President Bush does NOT issue an executive order?"
Let's just put it this way: This incident is helping people wake up to the tyranny confronting us if this president doesn't take constitutional action. And that can lead to a number of different actions by the people - for one thing, some on another thread are already considering civil disobedience by going down to Florida and making their feelings known more openly.
You have a problem with that, Mr. Military Family Man?
Or do you think a police state is a good thing for America?
You can answer my question this time.
>>>The fact is this: the Constitution protects every person's right to life, liberty and happiness and in this case this right is being cruelly taken from a young woman. The president has the right to step in and intervene through executive order.
Hence my point. Terri is not the first or only one being subjected to Greer and Cos schemes.
She is the only one getting the media attention (thank GOD! for the media attention).
This is not an isolated incident. Because it is NOT, my point is, if Bush was going to step in, he needs to step in to stop this entire patient brokering business.
Not just Terri. That is not fair to all the other victims and sets a precident for his use of Executive powers.