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To: Wolfstar
Congress isn't voting on whether Terri's feeding tube should be removed, they are referring it to a Federal court and to a different judge!




WHICH IS CONSTITUTIONAL
8 posted on 03/21/2005 12:11:34 PM PST by LauraleeBraswell ( CONSERVATIVE FIRST-Republican second.)
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To: LauraleeBraswell

So they will just shop around judges until they get one that will decide in their favor? What if the federal judge also dides against Terri?


10 posted on 03/21/2005 12:13:09 PM PST by conserv13
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To: LauraleeBraswell

It is the power of judicial review which is one of the powers of checks and balances the Congress has.


16 posted on 03/21/2005 12:16:09 PM PST by DarthVader (John "Diarrhea of the Mouth" Kerry = Vile Smelling Excrement)
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To: LauraleeBraswell
Congress isn't voting on whether Terri's feeding tube should be removed, they are referring it to a Federal court and to a different judge!

If Congress had passed a law saying all such cases must be referred to a federal judge for review, I believe they would have been on stronger Constitutional ground. Doing it for a single individual is where the problem lies. The House wanted the law to be more widely applicable, but the Senate would not agree, unfortunately.

18 posted on 03/21/2005 12:18:08 PM PST by Wolfstar (If you can lead, do it. If you can't, follow. If you can't do either, become a Democrat.)
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To: LauraleeBraswell
they are referring it to a Federal court and to a different judge!

Who is going to rule in favor of Michael Schiavo very soon.

110 posted on 03/21/2005 12:52:46 PM PST by Jim Noble
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