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To: daylate-dollarshort
I do disagree. Terri's life should not be decided by heresay. MS wants her to die...he has proven it over and over again ever since the money was awarded for her care and rehabilitation...and the Judge just thought it was fine to starve her to death so the Legislature wrote a law that even Greer could understand and could not ignore. It is the job of the Legislature to pay bills and to write laws and it is the Judges job to make rulings using those laws to guide them. Now, you can argue that but you will be wrong...and you never did answer my question
265 posted on 01/07/2004 6:26:29 PM PST by ruoflaw
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To: ruoflaw
"...it is the Judges job to make rulings using those laws to guide them."

And that is just what the judges in this case did. Terri's law was passed after the Court's decisions were handed down. I believe that it will be found unconstitutional.

Terri's law violates the constitution's separation-of-powers clause, the ban on ex post facto laws and the prohibition against enacting special laws. It also sets a perilous precedent for allowing the governor and Legislature to overturn court rulings they don't like.

Article 2, § III of the Florida Constitution states that the powers of the government should be divided into the legislative, executive and judicial branches. "No person belonging to one branch shall exercise any powers appertaining to either of the other branches unless expressly provided herein."

Terri's Law is also a violation of 14th Amendment due process rights to liberty.

267 posted on 01/07/2004 6:39:44 PM PST by daylate-dollarshort
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