Posted on 03/25/2005 10:00:29 AM PST by SENTINEL
I see no reason whatsoever that President Bush could not use his Presidential Pardon power to pardon Terri Schiavo. Our founding fathers granted the presidnet this power to protect the individual against evil in the judiciary. No mention is made between civil or criminal cases, and the only recourse from those opposed is the ballot box or impeachment.
President Bush could pardon Terri Shiavo, pick her up in the presidential helicopter, and keep her in the Lincoln bedroom to guarantee her safety during rehabilitation. Terri's mother could file for divorce on her behalf. With access to Terri, the news media and the Demoncrats would be exposed as the pure defenders of evil that they are.
After all of the garbage that went on in the Lincoln bedroom, and the evil pay-for-play pardons that went on during Clinton's term, the MSM would self destruct if they went after President Bush too hard.
Let's get to it Freepers ! We could save an innocent life.
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Pardon her from what crime?
pardon her of what crime? Don't you have to comit a crime to be pardoned?
ok you beat me to it
Anybody got the "Oh, no, not this $$$$ again!" JPEG?
I have heard it suggested that she be declared an enemy combatant. Then they would have to take her into custody. Can't be too careful you know. And of course, we would have to respect her rights to food and medical care while she is in custody.
Don't think that will happen either.
Correct, she is not being executed for a crime, hence can't be pardoned for a crime.
She is being executed because her brain is damaged and her husband wants her dead.
A pardon is for convicted felons
Definitely the looniest scheme I've seen so far. Storming the hospice with the National Guard was far more sensible.
Bush can't pardon Schiavo because she's not the one who committed the crime here. He can, however, however do what BJ Klintoon did with Elian Gonzalez, and send armed federal agents to take custody by force and remove Schiavo to a military hospital for treatment.
The pardon power is not related to the "crime", but is to forgive the sentence. She has been sentenced to death, and the President could stop it.
Then this thread appeared . . . . . . .
More bombastic ballast helping to sink FR this week.
No, he can't. There is no crime to pardon. And under our federalist system, he doesn' have the power to intervene within what is essentially a state matter.
This will have to be resolved within the State of Florida.
You need to stop malpracticing law without a license. You're thinking of a commuting a sentence - a pardon does relate to the crime.
Jeeez you people are brutal. Suggestion not a possibility but people are pretty torn u about this and are grasping at straws. Why not loosen up a bit
"he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment."
Right! She's being murdered,
based on a lie that her so-called husband concocted.
Give me some time...I am working on a scheme to post in Breaking News here very shortly.
It has to do with black helicopters, asteroids, Anna Kournikova, Starbucks Frenech Roast, Idi Amin and the Teletubbies.
He calls Bush fans "picture lickers." No moderation from him.
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