How clueless can these over the hill, puppet judges be? They refuse to meet Terri. It would put a damper on the evidence that they let in which is a LIE. Evidence that favors Terri WAS NOT LET IN AS EVIDENCE.
Posted on 12/29/2004 7:16:22 AM PST by floriduh voter
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Supreme Court gets Schiavo dispute
Supreme Court gets Schiavo dispute
by maya bell| Knight Ridder Newspapers
MIAMI | The long legal saga pitting the parents of a severely brain-damaged wom-an against her husband may be winding down - if, as widely expected, the U.S. Supreme Court refuses this week to consider an appeal filed by Gov. Jeb Bush.
Mary Lee Schindler, a 1959 graduate of the former Northside High School in Corning, has been fighting to keep her daughter, Terri Schiavo, alive.
It is risky to predict what the high court will decide Friday, when the justices are scheduled to accept or reject the governor's appeal in the case. No one knows what they will do, only that they could release some decision the following Monday.
But a number of legal scholars say there is little chance the high court will choose to review the Florida Supreme Court decision that struck down what is known as "Terri's Law" for encroaching on the role reserved for judges.
That's because, observers say, there are no federal issues at stake, giving the state Supreme Court the last word on the constitutionality of the statute that empowered the governor to order the reinsertion of the feeding tube sustaining Schiavo six days after it was removed by court order last October.
Lawyers for the governor disagree. In their petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, they argue the governor's federal due-process rights were violated when he was barred from retrying the evidence that prompted a Pinellas County Circuit judge to rule that Terri Schiavo would chose death over her incapacitated state.
Should the high court fail to reinstate Terri's Law, they warn the case will have ominous implications for people with profound disabilities.
The arguments, however, convinced few professors interviewed at four Florida law schools.
"To put it crudely, it's none of the U.S. Supreme Court's business," said Bruce Winick, of the University of Miami School of Law. "The Florida Supreme Court is the final arbiter of what the Florida Constitution means and they have spoken."
Michael Allen, a professor at Stetson University College of Law, which is sponsoring a seminar on the Schiavo case Jan. 28, said he'd be shocked if the high court accepted the appeal.
"There is close to a zero chance," Allen said. "I think the court will see the governor's argument as smoke and mirrors."
If the professors are correct, the only thing stopping Michael Schiavo from halting the twice-a-day tube feedings that have kept his wife alive for nearly 15 years is another round of motions his in-laws are pursuing in state courts. Until they are resolved, a judge has set aside Michael Schiavo's authority to carry out what he says were his wife's wishes.
But even the new lawyers representing Bob and Mary Schindler concede they are waging an uphill battle to keep one of the most litigated right-to-die cases in history - and Terri Schiavo - alive.
"It's a long shot," said Barbara Weller, a member of the Gibbs Law Firm in Pinellas County, which assumed the case late last year. "If we get a miracle from God, we'll win, and that's what we're all praying for."
A one-time insurance clerk, Terri Schiavo collapsed from cardiac arrest in February 1990, enduring precious minutes without oxygen. Now 41, she lives in a Pinellas County nursing home, in what the courts have ruled is a persistent vegetative state that has left her with only the most primitive of brain-stem functions.
She can breathe on her own, but, according to court rulings, her cerebral cortex has all but disappeared, rendering the movements and noises she makes involuntary and meaningless.
Her parents, however, vehemently disagree. They insist their daughter is aware, purposefully interacts with them and could improve with proper rehabilitation.
They are asking Pinellas Circuit Judge George Greer to set aside his prior ruling authorizing Michael Schiavo to discontinue his wife's assisted feedings. Although Terri Schiavo never wrote down her wishes in the event she became incapacitated, Greer agreed with Michael Schiavo that she made them clear in casual conversation: She never wanted to be kept alive artificially.
Now, echoing the governor's arguments, the Schindlers say their daughter's due process rights were violated because she never was represented by her own attorney, and Greer was allowed to act as both her judge and guardian. A hearing on their motion, which Michael Schiavo's attorney, George Felos, says raises issues already settled, is scheduled for Jan. 28.
The Schindlers also are asking the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland to reconsider its Dec. 29 decision rejecting their argument that their daughter, a devout Catholic, would have changed her end-of-life wishes had she heard a recent papal declaration. Last year, Pope John Paul II said withholding hydration and sustenance from a person in a vegetative state is a sin.
Meanwhile, Felos, frustrated with what he regards as endless court proceedings that revisit issues already settled, has stopped filing responses to the Schindlers' arguments.
It's the same strategy he employed at the U.S. Supreme Court. Calling the governor's appeal "frivolous," he waived Michael Schiavo's right to respond.
By next Monday, he should learn if that was a miscalculation.
http://www.the-leader.com/articles/2005/01/18/local_news/local03.txt
PRAYER BUMP FOR TERRI'S LIFE !
http://www.terrisfight.org/
http://www.huntingtonnews.net/local/050118-staff-schiavo-rally.html
by HNN Staff Charleston (HNN) For the past eleven years Terri Schiavos fight for life has been covered by Oprah, Larry King and CNN, but now within days, Terri Schiavo will be brutally murdered by starvation and dehydration because she requires assistance to eat and drink, according to Vicki Shaffer, her official West Virginia spokesperson.
ADAPT WV, along with ADAPT of Charleston and WVCSDF are joining with thousands across the country that feel that all people have the right to live. On Jan. 24, 2005 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., on the West Virginia State Capitol grounds, the groups plan a rally to support Terri Schiavos right to live. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join us in our fight to save her life, Shaffer said.
For more information on Terris fight go to www.terrisfight.org. Learn about ADAPT WV by visiting www.labs.net/adapt. Shaffer can be reached at (304) 319-1921 or furbygirl30@yahoo.com. To learn more about ADAPT of Charleston and/or the rally contact Chris Huffman or Peggy Parsons at (304) 965-9028.
Asked why the groups are doing this, Shaffer replied: To send a strong message to the media that people with disabilities lives matter just as much as anyone else. To get rid of some of the lies that other media sources have reported things distributed by her husband who is her guardian. She has not received any therapy to see if her disability would improve because her husband won't allow it. She is not brain dead, comatose or in a persistent vegetative state. She recognizes her family and looks forward to their visits. She has likes and dislikes. This is a person who will suffer for almost two weeks if the decision is made to murder her by starvation and dehydration simply because she has a disability and uses a feeding tube.
Shaffer urged supporters to l read Terri Schiavos web site and learn the truth for yourself and report it, by visiting www.terrisfight.org. Give Terri and people with disabilities the justice they deserve, Shaffer added.
If other supporters would like to hold a rally for Terri and need some advice about how to begin, please contact at : Fight4Terri@aol.com or Fight4Terri777@aol.com
Terri already has a circle of concern but what helps her is a circle of influence. That's why I like to urge lurkers to do more than read posts on Terri threads. SPREADING TERRI'S TRUE LIFE STORY OF ABUSE AND SUFFERING...in the hands of an out of control judiciary!
TO BUMP THIS THREAD, FYI: GOVERNOR BUSH'S PHONE NUMBER: 1-850-488-4441 & fax 1-850-922-4292.
JEB'S staff is very courteous and they take messages. If it is after hours, Jeb's voicemail will pick up if it's not full.
FINALLY, I freep for Terri when I'm not taking care of my own affairs, family and hobbies.
Please freep for Terri when you have a couple of minutes. That's all it takes... Thanks, FV
Terri ping to 922. This is the same article that was posted in the Orlando Sentinel a few days ago. Apparently, there is already a thread ongoing for that one, if anyone wants to join in.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1322151/posts?page=1,50
If anyone would like to be added to or removed from my Terri ping list, please let me know here or by Freepmail.
The Miami reporters print whatever FELOS tells them and by what he shows them.
SIMILAR TO THE WAY FELOS HANDLES GREER IN THE COURTROOM.
The husband's bloodlusting lawyers' purported evidence gets in and Terri's evidence proviing her true condition IS EXCLUDED.
JUDGE GREER IS A PUPPET OF GEORGE FELOS. SO IS JUDGE BAIRD.
This is my opinion based upon the truth and I HAVE SEEN TERRI'S MRI's. The mri's are on a large sized cardboard.
If only Greer wasn't a blind puppet. The Miami reporters are propagandizing for Michael Schiavo. THAT IS THE CONTEXT.
Terri ping to 924 and 925! We all need to do what we can to help Terri. These suggestions are just more good ideas that we need to implement. A little bit of FReeping can go a long way!
Like FV said, FReep for Terri whenever you can, and pray for her throughout the day. I am sure the Lord hears our pleas!
Oh, and if you like to be on/off my Terri ping list, please let me know here or by FReepmail.
GOV. JEB BUSH PHONE NUMBER: 1-850-488-4441, FAX: 1-850-922-4292
GOV. BUSH EMAIL: jeb.bush@myflorida.com
Don't fall for the propaganda about Terri in the Miami Herald, Orlando Sentinel or the St. Pete Times. Remember that the Miami Herald interviewed Sheriff Everett Rice who told the MH that "Greer should get a medal." (for ordering Terri's execution).
I have a feeling he's coming back here to do public relations work for Greer because he was Greer's campaign manager when Greer ran for county commission.
FYI: Mel Sembler was a founder of Straight, Inc. for drug and alcohol addicted teens. Part of their program was the implementation of starvation techniques and sleep deprivation. Straight, Inc. was sued by so many parents that they went belly up but came back as Operation PAR where Sembler's wife remained on that board.
Starvation is second nature to these folks. These big republicans but they don't scare me because they are RINOs.
Pinellas GOP HQs is: 727-539-6009 If you call as a republican-constituent about Terri, they will hang up on you or tell you that J. Greer's a fair man (for ww2 Germany).
OFF, There are freepers for Terri who are going to be at the Free Republic W2 Banquet and will be attending the inauguration. Bet your bottom dollar that freepers for Terri are going to be talking about Terri even as they enjoy the festivities.
I am sure they will be. I talk about Terri every day to somebody even if it's a "nobody". I can never get over how little people know about her, and have believed everything the MSM tells them, even though they don't believe so much of the other garbage put out by the MSM. Felos has done a great job by getting the MSM on his side and parroting what he tells them. I'm feeling it's time for another letter to my editor. He probably won't listen, but I recently found out that he is a relative of a friend of mine. Hopefully, that avenue will be productive.
How clueless can these over the hill, puppet judges be? They refuse to meet Terri. It would put a damper on the evidence that they let in which is a LIE. Evidence that favors Terri WAS NOT LET IN AS EVIDENCE.
Even small children who have been educated on Terri's fight, know right from wrong. They know what hunger and starvation is.
They like their ice cream cones and french fries.
The Civil Rights Dept. never did return my phone call and I didn't even mention Terri in my voicemail message. WHAT DO WE PAY TAXES FOR AGAIN? I'm a little fuzzy on that. It's not for customer service, competence or followup.
Thanks for the ping!
The way I understand it, the blob is actually some sort of interference that happened during the procedure. The MRI should have been repeated. Of course, the court can't allow that! Better to show false evidence. Felos is evil.
Thank the corrupt judges for that as they are in his pocket.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6839551/site/newsweek/
But there are signs that Rehnquist’s absence from the bench has been putting a strain on the Court. His big empty black chair looms over the center of the courtroom; he’s only been voting in cases where a ninth vote would matter.
And though Justice John Paul Stevens—the next most senior justice—has been filling in for Rehnquist by making administrative announcements from the bench, Stevens hasn’t taken to another task of the chief justice: cutting off colleagues when they go too far afield during oral arguments. If his health allows, that alone could be enough to lure Rehnquist back to the bench.
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