POLL? Who's the villain in the Terri Schiavo case?

PHX news | 3/24/05 | AZ Righty

[AZ Righty]

Who's the villain in the Terri Schiavo case?

(49%) Her husband

(24%) The government

(14%) Her parents

(12%) The media

[Badray]

Don't misplace your living will. These jerks will never let you die.

And marry smart, cuz a slime bag husband will lie about your wishes.

As one of the so called jerks, we are fighting for someone whose wishes are not known, but are simply the hearsay evidence accepted by the judge. You can die if you want to. That's not what this is about. If you cannot see the gross injustices here, you must be blind or cold as stone. If there is no justice, there is no law.

[Darksheare]

No.
Proving a point about the bad law classing feeding tubes as life support.

[G.Mason]

Way off the topic.

Try reading it all again and get back.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

But the hypocrisy of wanting the Government to intervene here, but no where else, is baffling to me.

AMEN.

[Trust but Verify]

Trust, you have been on these posts long enough to realize that most here only consider their rumors to be facts, and anything said in trying to establish facts over fantasy, marks one as a Theresa killer.

Can you blame a girl for trying?

[Ohioan]

Are you saying through your comments that if the Congress believes that the Judiciary is seriously wrong that it cannot do what is within its powers to right it?

No. It has authority over the original jurisdiction of the Federal District Courts and the Appellate jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals. It also has jurisdiction over the Appellate--but not the Constitutionally delegated jurisdiction of the Federal Supreme Court. It could, any time it wanted, as I have pointed out, stop the Federal Courts from overturning State efforts to stop abortion on demand by a simple act, taking away the jurisdiction to hear such cases.

But it does not have such jurisdiction over the State Courts. And if you read the Declaration of Independence, you will see that the right to a local judiciary, independent of interference by a remote central authority, was one of the principles for which they fought.

[Trust but Verify]

I trust that he is the guardian. You can verify that.

[Not A Snowbird]

Well, yes, but you said it to me.

So why do you presume to know what's in OUR heads?

[DJ MacWoW]

I read your post. The law is a stupid one put in place to rob estates through appointed guardians then getting rid of the robbed. You know and I know that food is not life support in the same context as a ventilator.

[Trust but Verify]

every severely mentally handicapped person can be systematically put to death.

If they have a guardian who chooses to do that and are on life support as defined by the laws of their state, then the answer is YES. This is not that hard.

[The Hollywood Conservative]

I think that's the crux of the issue...

The court seems to be BLINDLY following the law which says "the husband is the guardian" even though there seem to be some pretty compelling facts that SHOULD extinguish his guardianship. I'll admit, I haven't read the Florida statute, but I would be greatly supposed if there aren't provisions for replacing schiavo as the guardian ad litum. Every other legal relationship can be severed if there is a clear conflict of interest, as guardianship over ones spouse should be no different.

[Brilliant]

I don't think the judge followed the letter of the law. I suspect that if the law is changed, it won't be for the better. In fact, in all likelihood, the decision will stand as a precedent for the next euthanasia circus.

[Trust but Verify]

Schiavo and the word guardian are antonyms...

Not according to the State of Florida.

[Trust but Verify]

I don't see that exception in the law.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

How about enforcing this law: Eight states continue to make it a crime for an unmarried man and a woman to cohabit together: Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Virginia and West Virginia fall into this category.