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."
muawiyah wrote:
Does this Greer character have a wife?"""
Yes he does. I'm sure he ate and drank well tonight, with his wife, while a disabled woman is lying in the Death House of the Hospice STARVING to DEATH.
What happened to his first two wives? Has anyone checked to see if they have something on him?
There are many, many threads with information on Terri. In just one (long) paragraph, you have shown that you know nothing about this case. Please inform yourself about Terri before you post your opinion.
Even if she only has brain stem function - in my opinion, that's not true - she does not meet the requirements for determination of death. Brain death entails brain stem death.
What is the purpose of removing the tube rather than just not using it? If Schiavo can prohibit anything by mouth, then surely he did not need to have the tube removed.
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Yes, he wanted the tube removed in the event that another judge ordered it restored -- there would be a few hours of wait that might be crucial to hastening her death. The man is blood-thirsty.
You must a young kid.
What I don't get it WHY not rail Greer and PUT THAT TUBE BACK IN TERRI. ALL this TALK and this woman is dying. GEESH!
Who said anything about denominations?
Are you drinking?
The judge didn't disobey anything. The subpoena was not directed to him.
I know 2 people on this site who have had to withdraw food & water from relatives in the last 2 years. Two of the anchors on FOX news today said they had had to do it with parents in the last year. Tens of thousands of people have food and water or other life support withdrawn every year. The reason you don't hear about them is that most people are not as crazy as Terri's parents.
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Just wow! We live on different planets.
The problem is that "moderate" State Atty. Gen. Charles Crist, loser of the 1998 Senate election to Bob Graham and potential gubernatorial nominee in 2006, is part of the Greer Conspiracy.
That's kind of the point about using a hypothetical. It's supposed to remove the fact situation from the real life situation. I'm curious why I have to explain that to you.
apparently he hasn't seen the videos of terri interacting with her mom.
As long as the families believe there is intrinsic value in all life. The number of loved ones who "want to die," I belive, is a small fraction of people.
Any grounds you can find and support.
Indeed! Maybe the leadership is engaged at last....PTL.
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