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DeLay Pledges Contempt Charge for Terri Judge
NewsMax ^ | 3/18/05 | Limbacher

Posted on 03/18/2005 4:32:07 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay pledged Friday to hold Florida state judge George Greer in contempt of Congress for ignoring a congressional subpoena for Terri Schiavo's testimony, saying, "No little judge sitting in a state district court in Florida is going to usurp the authority of Congress."

"The Congress will pursue this, if we have to hold him in contempt of Congress," DeLay told radio host Sean Hannity.

Pressed on whether he intended to hold Judge Greer in contempt, the top Republican told Hannity: "Absolutely, absolutely."

"We will do everything to enforce the power and authority of the Congress and no little judge sitting in a state district court in Florida is going to usurp the authority of Congress," he added.

Earlier in the day Judge Greer rebuffed the Schiavo subpoena, telling attorneys in the case, "I have had no cogent reason why the [congressional] committee should intervene." He claimed that the last-minute action on the part of Congress does not nullify years of legal proceedings.

But DeLay told Hannity, "This judge and the Supreme Court of Florida are well known to be liberal judges that have a different worldview and they're imposing their worldview on the law."

The top House leader said that "no sane person" could look at Schiavo and say she's in a persistent vegetative state.

DeLay called a lawyer for Michael Schiavo, who has pressed for years to have his wife starved to death, "the personification of evil."


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chooselife; contempt; cultureofdeath; delay; eugenics; impeachgreer; judge; judgegreer; parentsrights; schiavo; terri; terrischiavo; terrischindler; tomdelay; weloveyouterri
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To: M. Dodge Thomas
Well, at least we know where Rep. DeLay stands on states rights issues.

Curious, isn't it? When the feds are ours, all hail the feds.

1,081 posted on 03/22/2005 8:29:09 AM PST by atlaw
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To: longtermmemmory
my bad it was late

Me2;I know, this is hard to put down with so much at risk. ...'Zo'Kay.

1,082 posted on 03/22/2005 8:30:32 AM PST by Les_Miserables
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To: Les_Miserables
I definitely think new testing should be done in this case. It's been a long time since any were done and people's conditions can change.

It seems unlikely that her condition has improved given her surroundings, but how can it possibly hurt to check?

Sadly, I don't think that's going to happen unless the Court of Appeals surprises me with a reversal order.

1,083 posted on 03/22/2005 8:46:31 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
It is now left to the Supreme(s).
What a shame...God help her.

If Terri has given us nothing more, she has drawn a bright line in Congress on issues of Judicial behavior and the wide eyed left. You could have predicted the opponents in the House debate with some precision, McDermott (good grief), Conyers, Nadler, Frank, Wexler, creep of the day,etc....

This case will ultimately fade into the background of our country's conscience but it will be a landmark on par with Roe.v.Wade either in when we at last began to reign in the Federal Judiciary (and therefore State Judiciary) or when we stepped over the edge of the slippery slope of apathy toward protection of our fundamental rights.
1,084 posted on 03/23/2005 5:07:13 AM PST by Les_Miserables
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

"The Congress will pursue this, if we have to hold him in contempt of Congress," DeLay told radio host Sean Hannity.


1,085 posted on 03/26/2005 1:00:33 PM PST by Lady Eileen (Where there is Life there is Hope -- TERRI.)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

Where is it...................................................................

I pledge - uhm - naptime.. Typical republican spinelessness.


1,086 posted on 03/26/2005 1:02:11 PM PST by Havoc (Reagan was right and so was McKinley. Down with free trade. Hang the traitors high)
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To: Havoc
Congress is back in recess right now so lets wait and see before passing judgment.
1,087 posted on 03/26/2005 1:03:56 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Believing in Internet Polls is Like Believing in the Tooth Fairy)
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To: Havoc

bump


1,088 posted on 03/26/2005 1:06:12 PM PST by Lady Eileen (Where there is Life there is Hope -- TERRI.)
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To: COEXERJ145

The woman is dying and Congress is in recess. Wait and see.. Are you serious.


1,089 posted on 03/26/2005 1:08:51 PM PST by Havoc (Reagan was right and so was McKinley. Down with free trade. Hang the traitors high)
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To: M. Dodge Thomas

"Well, at least we know where Rep. DeLay stands on states rights issues"

I agree. States trump the Feds on most issues. I think DeLay is correct on most issues, but not on this one.

The judge is a liberal scum, but nevertheless, it would seem the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution would predominate here - The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.


1,090 posted on 03/26/2005 1:09:17 PM PST by cowtowney
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To: Havoc

Congress did everything they legally can do. They do not have the power to override a state court decision. All they could do was give the federal courts the authority to hear the case which is what they did.


1,091 posted on 03/26/2005 1:11:38 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Believing in Internet Polls is Like Believing in the Tooth Fairy)
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To: Lady Eileen

The Constitution is quite clear and Article 3 is what it is. Congress is surrendering to judicial fiat. Why can't they order the tube reinserted? Who passes this country's laws?


1,092 posted on 03/26/2005 2:41:37 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection (www.whatyoucrave.com)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Congress is surrendering to judicial fiat.
1,093 posted on 03/26/2005 2:51:43 PM PST by Lady Eileen (Where there is Life there is Hope -- TERRI.)
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