Do you agree with me that it is our duty to work within the law and strive to change laws that do not represent our values?
I was mixed on Elian.
Still am.
Hated to see him go to Cuba,
but father's rights won the day I reckon.
As for Terri Shiavo. POTUS was right: err on the side of life, but from everything I have read, the courts followed the law... it was Attorney Gibbs who should have been more clear.
Well, I wish either of the Bush's had stepped up and said that this law is wrong and must be rewritten. It is wrong to order the death of an innocent and helpless person and this must be stopped.
I think an executive decision in this case holds just as much water as a judicial opinion. The branches have equal powers and both (or all three including the legislative branch) are entrusted with defending the constitution and our rights. The very worst thing that would've happened is Terri may have been permitted to live long enough to allow the legislators to try to get it right. And, of course, if the people thought the executive abused his power then he might be subject to impeachment. That's the way the founders set up the system.