[Chancellor Palpatine]

Heck, I don't know why he doesn't just issue an executive proclamation that he wins, Michael Schiavo loses, all while sending the Florida National Guard to seize all property that he has, his girlfriend has and his girlfriend's family has. Its no more farcical than what he is doing already.

Bottom line, he needs to drop any pretense that he has any concern for law, procedure and the orderly administration of justice.

[chiefqc]

Heck, I don't know why he doesn't just issue an executive proclamation that he wins, Michael Schiavo loses, all while sending the Florida National Guard to seize all property that he has, his girlfriend has and his girlfriend's family has. Its no more farcical than what he is doing already

Works for me, only thing you forgot in your rant is to include his lawyer.

farcical= funny, just like your statement Mr. Schiavo.

[GovernmentShrinker]

There's certainly an end-run around current Florida law going on here. However, I think it may be justified in that current Florida law seems woefully inadequate to provide proper safeguards for an end-life-support order. I don't pretend to know whether Terri really has any brain function worth saving, but the sequence of events and conflicts of interest in this case send up dozens of red flags.

In order to protect the right for individuals or next of kin to make an end-life-support decision where it's really appropriate, the general public needs to see some assurance of proper safeguards. Granted there will always be the zealot fringe who doesn't want anyone's life support withdrawn ever. But I'm very pro-euthanasia and pro-assisted-suicide, as well as a lawyer by training (though not in practice), and the Florida courts' handling of this case sends chills up my spine.

[Lauren BaRecall]

Bottom line, he needs to drop any pretense that he has any concern for law, procedure and the orderly administration of justice.

I ascribe to "checks and balances" as much as the next person. When a tyrannical liberal court makes a bad ruling, the will of the people, through the legislature, and the executive branch, "checks and balances" the courts.

Indeed, if "Terri's Law" is ruled as being unconstitutional, the people can legally change the constitution, and MAKE it constitutional.

Bottom line: the courts DO NOT have the last say, and it is the PEOPLE who rule. That's government "of the people, by the people, for the people" - federal, state, and local. And libs are doing everything they can to usurp the peoples' power and self-rule, not only in this case, but across the board.

[wimpycat]

I have to say, CP, that with all the slick legal maneuvers lawyers and judges have at their disposal, the legislature has some slick legal maneuvers of its own, too. You've said that the original judge was just enforcing the law. Well, now there's a new law for him to enforce. There's a new law for Schiavo to obey instead of hide behind. After all, any given state legislature has a high proportion of attorneys. It's a legitimate move on the governor's part, all a part of this huge legal chess game being played over this poor woman's life, by activists and activist lawyers on both sides.

For once, the legislative branch trumped the judicial branch, instead of the other way around. But of course, it's not over yet.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Oh how did I know you would show up with your ( lack of ) knowledge of the law. It is good to know some things never change, which would be your ( lack of ) understanding of this case a,nd how the laws work in this country.

You need Constitution 101 still I see.

[Wampus SC]

"Heck, I don't know why he doesn't just issue an executive proclamation that he wins, Michael Schiavo loses, all while sending the Florida National Guard to seize all property that he has, his girlfriend has and his girlfriend's family has."

Perhaps he still thinks he still lives in the US, so decided to work within the framework of the checks-and-balances system and the law instead. Could be. And plain common sense, honor and basic morality couldn't have anything to do with it. I mean, those are just so outmoded. < /sarcasm>