Terri Schiavo's father testified under cross examination that he would cut her arms and legs off and put her on a ventilator to keep her alive. He sounded like a lunatic and he sounded unfit.
The one neurologist who examined Terri who says, now, that someone might still be in there, this is the Nobel Prize winner, neglected to file a report with the court. Either he was unwilling to say it in writing, or he was just a loon. In any case, her parents lawyers did nothing to follow up.
Her parents lawyers also neglected to get an attorney ad litem appointed for Terri, and neglected to appeal the Judges ruling on that issue in a timely manner.
Michael Schiavo had three other people who testified to hearing Terri Schiavo say she would not wish to live under those conditions.
Under those circumstances Judge Greer had no choice but to rule as he did. The correctness of his ruling at law is shown by the fact that he has been upheld close to 30 times on various appeals.
If you don't like how things are turning out, get the Flori-duh legislature to write new laws to govern these situations in the future. Don't blame the judges for applying the laws as now written.
So9
So9 -- If we're a nation of law, why didn't Judge Whittmore follow the federal law requing him to conduct a "de novo" hearing?
(That's where your analysis falls apart.)
Ok. So it's the parents' fault? Then tell me, if my parents mess up, will I be placed on a whipping post one day and tortured? And will my friend be lynched? I don't think so. The government has tremendous authority to stop this, and I'm having trouble thinking that mass insurrection is necessary to protect this lady's inalianable rights. If that is what is required, watch out. People WILL do it and are beginning to already.
I hope you have your flame resistant suit on....
BTW...I completely agree with you.
Under those circumstances Judge Greer had no choice but to rule as he did. The correctness of his ruling at law is shown by the fact that he has been upheld close to 30 times on various appeals.
Nice defense of "Process"--but not of the Law as handed down from Mt Sinai.
You get a zero.