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."
This I've gotta see. If DeLay does this, I'll eat my nonexistent bowler hat.
Yes...me too...I find him to be highly contemptible.
Now it's getting personal with Congress and the judge. Maybe this will get the job done, and let Terry keep her life.
Of course, if we respected "states rights," blacks would still be picking cotton on Massa's farm.
What worries me is Terri will be without food or water until this whole thing is settled...time is ticking...ticking...ticking.
With all that has happened today, I wonder if God will ever Bless America again....sometimes it seems we don't deserve it.
However, DeLay is smoking crack if he thinks Greer can be held in contempt. There's a major separation of powers issue, not to mention that the judicial branch would the one who would be asked to adjudicate the issue. It's not as if Congress can vote to throw someone in jail.
I normally adore everything Tom DeLay does, but he's letting emotion instead of logic speak here. It's an empty threat.
I'll believe it when I see it. So far, DeLay and friends are 0 for 3, when it comes to taking real action.
Alright. Mr. Delay. You did the right thing, after all, and in a timely fashion. It's on Greer, and entirely on him, at this point.
In another thread, in reply to some Stormfront-type, I was put in mind of a group that seems mysteriously absent. The Special Olympics people. Mr. Stormfront called Terri, retarded. Well, she is brain damaged. And where are the Special Olympics people rushing to her defense? Frankly - what are you Ah-nold, Mr. Special Olympics 'ambassador'. Delay did right. What about you?
Greer is quite the norm. Many times, only the permanent retirement of a judge allows a lawyer to present new evidence in a case where the convict is innocent. Judges will never admit being wrong and will never budge an inch.
And Gore would be President if the Florida Supremes had their way. Some people on here carry States Rights too far IMHO! This is one of those!
The only man in DC who never wavers!
Felos is Michael Schiavo's lawyer. He is a worm.
So farb all we've seen from the Republican congress is talk. Nuclear option...talk. Terri Schiavo...talk. Cutting the deficit...talk. And that includes DeLay.
Glue some lynx fur on Terry and declare her federally protected. It's been done before to usurp states rights by the feds.
Take this a step further and ask yourself how this could happen to the liberals.
Talk is cheap Delay. And while you're at it, you may want to start looking at other judical monkeyshines.
National Congress/House may hold the Judge in contempt, etc., but they can't do anything about his verdict. His verdict is a state matter.
Unless a Federal court intervenes or possibly the state Governor, little else can be done. The state Legislature can possibly intervene and overrule the judge.
If she dies, have the judge indicted for 1st degree murder, and have him prosecuted with the death penalty.
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