Posted on 03/26/2005 7:45:25 AM PST by dufekin
Judge George Greer, the Supreme Law in the State of Florida, has removed all of the abilities of Governor Jeb Bush to save Terri Schiavo. I don't know that anyone could save her at this point; a week of dehydration may have done irreversible damage. Still, we must try.
The Fourteenth Article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, states,
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.Congress is so lethargic and dominated by pro-death Democrats that it surely will not exercise its power in a reasonable time, and its last attempt ended in failure. Contrary to the orders of Judge Greer, Terri Schiavo is not (medically) a xerophyte who can wait until next year for some water. She desperately needs water today.Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Florida is bound by the Fourteenth Amendment, and the federal government required the state to accept this article to regain its status as a state after the American Civil War. The State's obvious flouting of its obilgations under the Fourteenth Amendment should rescind the provisions of the Compromise of 1877 that lifted the federal military occupation of Florida during the Reconstruction after the Civil War.
The Congress should have exercised its delegated (Article I, Section 8) power "To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." Moreover, "The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States" (Article II, Section 2). The President also swore or affirmed that he would "to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States" (Article II, Section 1).
These powers should allow President Bush to declare a judicial insurrection in Florida, and thereby to call forth both the Florida National Guard and any regular troops in the vicinity to suppress this insurrection.
Suppressing this insurrection must involve--at minimum--rescuing Terri Schiavo and airlifting her to a military hospital in another state. The troops also must hunt down Judge George Greer, Attorney George Felos, and adulterer Michael Schiavo, the triumvirate who started this incurrection.
Alternatively, the President could use the José Padilla precedent to declare Terri Schiavo an enemy combatant. While this action would remove the jurisdiction of the Courts over Terri Schiavo and remove her abusive husband from the equation, it might set the Padilla problems on even more shaky grounds, and I do not advise it.
"If you think that, then please, don't let the door hit you on the @$$ on the way out...."
Don't worry yourself about that,Mikey, unlike most of the wimpy republicans I see running around shooting their mouths off about how great they are and then running for the nearest exit when the going gets tough, I do exactly what I say and I will not vote again for a Republican if this girl dies. Is that clear enough for you?
Im guessing they have to wait until Monday morning, that may be too long for Terri in her present condition.
"I certainly never guessed it would be the Right that is tearing itself apart."
Life brings unity. If he has the duty, failure will bring disunity. It's that simple. You can't tell us to quit caring just to stay uinfied with cowards. Because if it is their duty, this is cowardice.
then go....nothing is going to happen...
by the way, HAVE YOU done any protesting outside the hospice? Didn't think so....
I don't want to be lumped in with the "pro-starvation" crowd, but I do take comfort from the fact that this woman is not suffering. The CT scans show that her brain is gone -- it has been replaced by liquid. That means that the part of her that could know, sense and feel is no longer there. She does not know what is happening to her. And actually, from the point of view of a neurologist, she is not a living person any more and hasn't been for 15 years. That makes "rehabilitation" not relevant, since there is no brain to receive the therapy that might be administered.
Five Briefs Say Gov. Bush Has the Legal Authority to Save Terri Schiavo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1369718/posts
what the hell are you talking about?
you said this was the biggest tragedy on his watch? What are you smoking and can I have some jeez!!!!
call yourself son....
Was her ability to speak a supernatural thing? Or was it part of some vast conspiracy to make us think she can speak?
you people have no idea....
you wrap yourselves about being a "conservative" but the moment something doesnt go your way, you scream for federal intervention and riots and military this and that and whats next?
You all need to get a grip. This is seriously depressing that FR has gone from Buckhead to bunk in less than 6 months.
something very wierd has happened...
I never thought I'd hear "conservatives" advocate some of the stuff that is going on here. Imagine if Clinton did half of the stuff they seem to be advocating....
I actually feel bad for the heat the Bush Bros. have took on this one. The left calls them "Jesus Freaks" for even mentioning that they go to church...
Some on our side mock them and call them "Un-Christian" because they won't send in the Marines to uphold he "The Will of God".
Heck of a job, trying to uphold the law and defend the constitution and do the right thing.....
Have you placed a bid yet on the grilled cheese sandwich on eBAY with the Virgin Mary on it?
/sarcasm
what kind of twisted logic says 1 death trumps 3000 and an attack on America?
1 death is a tragedy, but 9/11 was moreso.
If the liberals and pro-life-haters want the feds out of these decisions, then they should call for an immediate overturn of Roe/Wade and give it back to the states.
yeah....
I would honestly quit if I were Jeb. Let one of these rabble rousers do it instead.
they wouldnt do anything either.....
errr um ok.....
it should have been left to the states anyway.....
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