Posted on 02/28/2005 2:45:29 PM PST by CHARLITE
"No one can be the arbiter of life except God himself." [1]
America suffers from the rule of judges supplanting the rule of law and the will of the people. Men in black robes, rather than legislators, are making and repealing laws. Man's laws and natural laws are being undermined not by legal reasoning but fiat. [2]
Let us look at the judicial homicide case of Terri Schiavo.
In 'virulent judicial activism,'[3] Circuit Judge George Greer of Pinellas County, Florida has recently stated he is no longer "comfortable" in granting Terri Schiavo another 'stay of execution.'
And so, Judge Greer next issued a court order mandating that on March 18, 2005, Terri's palliative care, which is ordinary 'nutrition and hydration' (also crudely known as a 'feeding tube') will be removed, commencing her most painful death by starvation/dehydration.[4]
It is important to understand that a person's 'nutrition and hydration,' whether they are sick or dying, is palliative [normal] care. It is certainly not extraordinary care, as many 'right-to-die' left-leaning judges, attorneys, and the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops wish us to believe. Contrary to what Terri's own Bishop Robert Lynch[5] falsely teaches, the Vatican teaches that 'nutrition and hydration' can never be withheld [see Pope John Paul II teachings below].
Earlier this year, in a 27-page brief, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, on January 21, 2005, asked the U.S. Supreme Court justices to review and reverse the Florida Supreme Court's Sept. 23 ruling that struck down Florida's "35E Bill - Terri's Law" as unconstitutional. Bush's attorneys argued that the lower courts had denied federally protected rights to due process and equal protection.
Three days later, the nation's nine top justices declined to review the Florida Supreme Court's rescission of "35E Bill - Terri's Law." Gov. Bush vows to continue pursuing all legal options available to him before the March 18 death knell.
Activist Judge Greer has subverted the law by rejecting mountains of evidence and medical information that would have saved Terri from husband Michael and attorney George Felos' suspicious quest to have her murdered. Under Greer's liberal judicial rulings, Terri has been denied her Constitutional right to life and lawful due process.[6]
Subsequently, Judge Greer, the evil facilitator, wrongfully serves as 'God' and arbiter of Terri's life and death.
Is it possible that a criminal case can be made against Michael Schiavo, Attorney Felos, and Judge Greer for 'conspiracy to commit murder?'
Concerning the decades-long despotic exploitation of power by activist judges supplanting the will of the people, outspoken and fearless Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote:
"The Court must be living in another world. Day by day, case by case, it is busy designing a Constitution for a country I do not recognize."[7]
Justice Scalia, a Roman Catholic, whose jurisprudence emphasizes the original meaning of the Constitution and its literal wording of statutes, calls himself a Constitutional 'textualist.'[8] He recently said his colleagues might soon discover a right to assisted suicide between the lines of the text of the Constitution:
"We're not ready to announce [euthanasia] right now. Check back with us," he sarcastically warned.
Another [former] judge who also advocates original or textual interpretation of the Constitution is former U.S. Solicitor General[9] and U.S. Attorney General Robert H. Bork. In his new book, Robert Bork, describes the judicial oligarchy[10] enforcing a new ideology that he calls "lifestyle socialism."[11]
"We are increasingly governed not by law or elected representatives, but by unelected, unrepresentative, unaccountable committees of lawyers applying no law other than their own will. … What judges have wrought is a coup d'etat – slow-moving and genteel – but a coup d'etat nonetheless."
Recently, Roman Catholic Robert Bork wrote in the Wall Street Journal:
"The Supreme Court has created a more permissive abortion regime than any state had enacted; prohibited any exercise or symbol of religion touching even remotely upon government; made the death penalty extremely difficult to impose and execute; disabled states from suppressing pornography; catered to the feminist agenda, including outlawing state all-male military schools; created a labyrinth of procedures making criminal prosecutions ever more difficult; used racial classifications to exclude children from their neighborhood public schools; perverted the political process by upholding campaign finance limits that shift political power to incumbents, journalists and labor unions; licensed the advocacy of violence and law violation; and protected as free speech computer-generated child pornography. These decisions are activist, i.e., not plausibly related to the actual Constitution."[12]
World moral leader Pope John Paul II declared recently that withholding 'nutrition and hydration' is "euthanasia by omission" and is forbidden.[13]
"No matter how sick a person is, he is and will always be a man, never becoming a vegetable or animal," said the Holy Father. Thank God, the ailing Pope does not reside in Pinellas County.
Nonetheless, disregarding Terri's personal Catholic faith, the arrogant activist Judge Greer had twice before ordered Terri's 'nutrition and hydration' removed. The first execution was commenced in April 200l, whereas Terri suffered two-and-a-half days of starvation and dehydration. Again, another execution was commenced in October 2003.
Due to the 'special session' intervention of Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the Legislature on October 21, passed "35E Bill – Terry's Law," allowing Terri's palliative care resumed after six days of excruciating pain.
On May 6, 2004, liberal activist Judge W. Douglas Baird of Pinellas Circuit Court, ruled "35E Bill - Terri's Law" unconstitutional.
Terri Schiavo is non-terminal, non-PVS, she is not near death, she is not even sick. Terri can speak a few words and expresses joy and excitement at seeing her family. In fact, Terri can be trained from requiring the 'feeding tube.' Terri suffers from brain damage or cognitive disability, which can be treated and improved, although there are varying 'opinions' as to the degree of improvement expected. To date, her estranged, adulterous husband, Michael Schiavo, has curiously withheld this traditional, basic therapy from Terri.
The Catholic Church teaches that morally no one may remove 'nutrition and hydration' from another simply because they suffer from illness or are near death. If a person were near death, and Terri Schiavo certainly is not, compassionate caregivers and loved ones would not want to cause excruciating pain and agony due to withdrawal of food and water to a terminal patient in their last days. Nutrition and hydration should always be administered as humane, palliative, and ordinary care.[14]
Recently, Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, spoke to Vatican Radio in an appeal to Judge Greer, Terri's husband Michael and Michael's 'right-to-die' attorney George Felos to save Terri's life.[15]
"If Mr. Schiavo succeeds legally in causing the death of his [16] wife, this not only would be tragic in itself, but would be a grave step toward the legal approval of euthanasia in the United States.
"I would like to remind everyone in this connection, about all that the Holy Father has said in past days to the Pontifical Academy for Life, confirming that the quality of life is not interpreted as economic success, beauty and physical pleasure, but consists in the supreme dignity of the creature made in the image and likeness of God," Cardinal Martino said.
"No one can be the arbiter of life except God himself" [Pope JPII].
You can take your 'cultist' insults and stick em where the sun don't shine.
Knowing your type, you'll probably like it.
Given that dehydration is painful, would not water be an appropriate measure to alleviate such pain?
Yeah? Better watch out for the kids and grandkids. If they've learned anything from you, they might off ya...
You make my point for me.
Great article. I could feel the outrage. Great!!!
All of your posts make my point for me.
You're an offense to everyone here with your pro-death posts and your insults towards those who care about protecting the rights of the helpless.
Ditto, what you said.
I don't understand the negative reaction of some. It just a timeline and a collection of public records that can only provide some insight to this case.
B.S.
You're too blind to see the simple truth that it is wrong to murder helpless people.
And obviously too reading-comprehension-impaired, just like these tyrants in black robes, to understand the simple words in the US and Florida Constitutions that deal directly with this situation; and that if enforced as they should be would never allow this gross miscarriage of justice to occur.
Close enough to the same mindset.
A suggestion: Don't waste your time allowing yourself to be drawn into 'arguments' with people who . . . well, you know who I mean. The people you're posting this for will see it, read it, and learn something from it, even though in all likelihood most of them will never say a word to you about it. The reactions of the ones who flame you for it aren't your problem.
Thank you.
That was my intention, which is why I posted the link absent commentary. I let myself get drawn in anyway.
Appreciate the rein in.
I let myself get drawn in anyway.
It's easy to do, and don't let me stop you if you're having fun :-). Just thought you'd like to know there are real honest-to-goodness actual people out here following the link and not giving a hoot whether you respond to the flamers point by point.
Yeah, I was waiting for nazi card.... didn't think it would take long.
Yehp, it's all a huge conspiracy that the husband, laywers, local, FLSC, and USSC courts are all in on. Sure is.
Yehp. He's just and evil man... the Florida SC and the US SC are in on it, too. I think the Society of the Rose has completely taken over all branches of the government... they'll probably be after our guns and tinfoil next.
Why would the SCoFla and SCotUS have to be "in on it"? I just described how one bad trial-court judge can make errors which cannot be corrected on appeal. No need for other courts to be corrupt.
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