US House of Rep. in an Extraordinary Sunday night Session [Schiavo] (Bush Signs Schiavo bill)

[FoxPro]

This is an unprecedented session. The Congress is meeting to save one persons life (in real time).

The only reason the Democrats are agreeing to this is that they don’t want to be known as the party that killed Terri.

This is American history happening before your eyes.

[RPTMS]

"For starters I really enjoy FR and have never not voted Republican, but I have to strongly disagree with what everyone seems to be saying here."

Hmmm... You sound suspiciously like a "seminar poster."

[jbarkley]

My goodness, if you are going to argue that a woman should be starved to death Nadler, at least have the decency to pronounce her name correctly.

[MarMema]

Tell me, please.

[Soul Seeker]

What I keep coming back to are Barney's comments. That he admitted he doesn't know the Truth, so he wills she DIE!

I am furious, disgusted, and wish I could get my hands on them. I don't think I've ever seen anything like this in my life. Legislators arguing to kill her!

[HiTech RedNeck]

Wouldn't you want your fate, should you be unable to speak for yourself, to be determined by something more solid than hearsay which turns up 7 years after the fact, hearsay which had been initially contradicted by your spouse?

By the way she did not meet the Florida state law definition of PVS. The only similarity between this and what some doctors are claiming about her, is that the buzzword is spelled the same. The buzzword was good enough for Greer, who cares only about Florida law when he wants to.

[NautiNurse]

Nadler comparing death by starvation/dehydration with a DNR. That's quite a stretch.

[PhiKapMom]

You just made me burst out laughing about Nadler -- I am sitting here trying to decided which RAT I detest the most -- there are so many!

[Deo volente]

"Who are we to say that Terri's husband is self-interested?"

JODI CENTONZE AND THEIR TWO KIDS, THEY CAN TELL YOU ABOUT IT!!!

[cwiz24]

Hah!! Sensenbrenner got Nadler!!! Gotcha, you little Dem scum. Hypocrite

[longtermmemmory]

Will got it wrong because it is not just the husband making a decision. It is the husband who has virtually and literally abandoned his wife to continue his life with a new family.

At common law a man who has started a new life with a woman and has a new family by any strech of the imagination has abandoned his wife. But for the fact FL has abandoned common law in 1974, we would be aruguing abandondment.


Sensenbrenner is HUMILIATING Nadler! ZAP! Is this a ZOT on the House floor?

[maica]

This is the end of the Democratic party as we have known it. You really can't win elections if your primary principle is to kill your constituents.


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Thanks for the laugh during this extremely serious debate! I know you are serious, and correct, but your remark just struck me funny as D for Despicible Jerrold Nadler just painted a picture of a subhuman Terri Sciavo while arguing for her death because she cant feel or do anything.

[HiTech RedNeck]

He could use some

[expatpat]

Why was Christopher Reeves kept alive when he was too paralyzed to feed himself?

[Dolphy]

I don't know what happened to my last post. What I had said was that she is sentenced to die based on evidence that wouldn't be sufficient to convict her of a crime.

[hispanichoosier]

Sensenbrenner is shredding Nadler...

[SeaBiscuit]

And "the incredibly brave husband" who thought it more important to show up for a gig on the King show than be with his wife as they pulled her tubes.

[don-o]

Digging deeper and deeper, the Dems are.

The agreed bill is just to ask federal court review; not legislate a single thing.

Sens is making my point.

The pubs are doing well!

[fatima]

whatisthetruth,Gosh that is the truth.Who voted this man in.?

[longtermmemmory]

Rep Schwarz, a 41 year doctor. This is a "brain doctor"!!!!

[Petronski]

Here's the bill, by the way:

HR 1332 EH

109th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1332

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AN ACT

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the removal to Federal court of certain State court cases involving the rights of incapacitated persons, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Protection of Incapacitated Persons Act of 2005'.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN CASES TO FEDERAL COURT TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF INCAPACITATED PERSONS.

(a) Right of Removal- Chapter 89 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

`Sec. 1453. Protection of rights of incapacitated persons

`(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, not later than 30 days after available State remedies have been exhausted, an incapacitated person, or the next friend of an incapacitated person, may remove any claim or cause of action described in subsection (b) to the United States district court for the district in which the claim or cause of action arose, or was heard.

`(b) The claim or cause of action referred to in subsection (a) is one in which the State court authorizes or directs the withholding or withdrawal of food or fluids or medical treatment necessary to sustain the incapacitated person's life, but does not include a claim or cause of action in which no party disputes, and the court finds, that the incapacitated person, while having capacity, had executed a written advance directive valid under applicable law that clearly authorized the withholding or withdrawal of food or fluids or medical treatment in the applicable circumstances.

`(c) In hearing and determining a claim or cause of action removed under this section, the court shall only consider whether authorizing or directing the withholding or withdrawal of food or fluids or medical treatment necessary to sustain the incapacitated person's life constitutes a deprivation of any right, privilege, or immunity secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States.

`(d) The United States district court shall determine de novo any claim or cause of action considered under subsection (c), and no bar or limitation based on abstention, res judicata, collateral estoppel, procedural default, or any other doctrine of issue or claim preclusion shall apply.

`(e) As used in this section--

`(1) the term `incapacitated person' means a born individual who is presently incapable of making relevant decisions concerning the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of food, fluids or medical treatment under applicable law; and

`(2) the term `next friend' means an individual who has some significant relationship with the real party in interest, and includes a parent.'.

(b) Clerical Amendment- The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 89 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

`1453. Protection of rights of incapacitated persons.'.

Passed the House of Representatives March 16, 2005.

Attest:

Clerk.

109th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1332

AN ACT

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the removal to Federal court of certain State court cases involving the rights of incapacitated persons, and for other purposes.