[oremus]

please pass on to lists, etc. for me? thank you!

[dufekin]

I hate to break this to you, but presidential pardons are limited to federal criminals, not those who suffer the misfortune to be denied personhood by some state judge, and thence ordered to die. Judge George Greer is the only one who could pardon Terri Schiavo. Bush constitutionally could declare the State of Florda to have engaged in insurrection against the Union and order a military occupation to suppress the insurrection. Governor Jeb Bush, for his part, can do nothing, for Judge George Greer, the Law in the State of Florida, has forbidden him.

[Enterprise]

Pardon those who instead, had the power and authority to intervene, and stopped in fear at the moment of triumph, and were then defeated. Yes pardon them, for their shame is everlasting.

[alnick]

The president can only pardon convicted criminals.

[tomahawk]

He can't pardon someone who hasn't been convicted of a crime.

She's being executed under the guise of "this is what she wanted".

We have no way of knowing that, of course, but that's what they're basing this on.

[GBA]

I want the President to do whatever it takes to stop her execution until a different court (non-Clinton appointed judges) can review all of the material. I don't believe Terri has been given a fair hearing. It is understandable to give those on death row every benefit of the doubt before they're executed. Why not the same for Terri?

[Kath]

Not up on pardons are you?? He can't pardon someone who has not committed a crime. The irrational comments be made on these threads in the last week is amazing.

[madison10]

How do you "pardon" someone who has committed no crime? Kinda like the Thanksgiving Turkey?

[shebacal]

Subject: URGENT: PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR TERRI SCHIAVO To: President George Bush Subject: Need for Presidential order or pardon Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:39:05 -0700

I sent the e-mail to Pres. Bush, too. Terri is not dead yet. Anything is worth trying.

[Siobhan]

EXCELLENT. This is very useful because they need to know we are still out here and we are not satisfied with their shameful "Duck and Cover" routine.

Do something, folks -- instead of just griping, complaining, bickering, bitching, and moaning.

[xzins]

I would ask the Pres. to issue a reprieve instead of a pardon.

One could argue that the grammatical structure of the of the Pres to "grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States" can be read in a way that makes a reprieve for anything the President wishes, while a pardon would be for "offenses against the United States."

Act first, and argue the constitutional points later. The grammatical construct does allow such a reading.