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881503CONCUR v. DIRECTOR, MISSOURI DEPT. OF HEALTH
No. 881503
[June 25, 1990]
Justice Scalia, concurring.
The various opinions in this case portray quite clearly the difficult, indeed agonizing, questions that are presented by the constantly increasing power of science to keep the human body alive for longer than any reasonable person would want to inhabit it. The States have begun to grapple with these problems through legislation. I am concerned, from the tenor of today's opinions, that we are poised to confuse that enterprise as successfully as we have confused the enterprise of legislating concerning abortionrequiring it to be conducted against a background of federal constitutional imperatives that are unknown because they are being newly crafted from Term to Term. That would be a great misfortune.
While I agree with the Court's analysis today, and therefore join in its opinion, I would have preferred that we announce, clearly and promptly, that the federal courts have no business in this field; that American law has always accorded the State the power to prevent, by force if necessary, suicideincluding suicide by refusing to take appropriate measures necessary to preserve one's life; that the point at which life becomes "worthless," and the point at which the means necessary to preserve it become "extraordinary" or "inappropriate," are neither set forth in the Constitution nor known to the nine Justices of this Court any better than they are known to nine people picked at random from the Kansas City telephone directory; and hence, that even when it is demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence that a patient no longer wishes certain measures to be taken to preserve her life, it is up to the citizens of Missouri to decide, through their elected representatives, whether that wish will be honored. It is quite impossible (because the Constitution says nothing about the matter) that those citizens will decide upon a line less lawful than the one we would choose; and it is unlikely (because we know no more about "life-and-death" than they do) that they will decide upon a line less reasonable.
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The only *SPLINTERING* is caused by the *RINOs* who want to see Terri *MURDERED*. The *TRUE* conservatives are *UNITED*.
This whole line of attack is pure BS, and once again vividly demonstrates the utter inability of the Left to even THINK anymore.
The unalienable God-given rights spelled out in the Bill of Rights, of which the protection of the right to life of the innocent is surely supreme, are not a question for the several States.
No state in the Union has the power to allow the killing of disabled people, sorry.
Any conservative who is naive enough to by this tripe is a detriment to our cause, unfortunately.
Again, this attempt to divide conservatives is stupid on the face of it.
im a liberal, but this is the rare time i agree with the people who value the culture of life.
Terri's husband should of divorced his wife. Gave the majority of the malpractice award money for her medical care and went on his merry way with his new woman.
All the award money will be blood money if terri dies.
All terri's husband wants is for her to be dead. he wanted Terri to die for the last seven years. Such as being happy when Terri had a UTI.
This RINO in California wants Terri alive.
This case is really separating the sheep from the goats ( or should I say RINO's).
If Terri Schiavo is murdered by these Godless bastards, they will pay like never before at the ballot box
yeah--they'll all rush out and vote Democrat because of this case...NOT..even if they think Congress as a matter of comity should not have acted.
We are being played like fools, let's not forget the Theresa life could of been saved long ago. Thanks to Florida State Senator JIM THE FAT,FAT PIG KING (R) and the other 20 State Sentaors (8-Repub & 12 -Demo) Terri is being murdered right in our FACE on the MOST HOLIEST TIME for those that believe in GOD, JESUS, HOLY MOTHER MARY, AND GOOD... We are losing this TEST, it looks like ? The sky around here in central florida is not looking good. GOD is not happy, and GOD will send a message to mankind very soon....
Thank You JEB...We control the Governor,the house,senate, and the U.S. Congress, and the White House, but we can't STOP a murder in slow progress in our face....
I feel safe now....This country will NEVER BE THE SAME !
Florida Look Up, check-out the weather,they have no clue..what they do...
There are two types of politicians in this country. Those who are for starving disabled women to death, and those who aren't. Let's see who wins when Terri is buried completely innocent of any crime and setenced to a death even convicted murderers are immune from.
What are there, 230 Republicans in the House of Representatives? Of which 5 voted against Terri's Law?
Who is more "splintered" on this issue - Republicans or Democrats?
Everytime an activist federal judge stomps on some town or state's rights (especially freedom of religion), they demand we take it as gospel. Everytime an activist state judge or supreme court rules in there favor, they claim state's rights.
The legally blind Judge Greer is not the state. As a matter of fact, the elected represenatives of the State of Florida have basically been banned from intervention by the Florida Supreme Court. This is the same court that wanted democrats to have multiple recounts for imaginary Gore voters who "had their vote stolen" until he stole the election.
Of course the fact that many democrats disagreed with the pro-death movement will get nowhere near as much coverage even though many more democrats voted for federal intervention than republicans voted against it.
"Splinter" is the appropriate word because the conservatives who would rather let Terri die than violate abstract principles comprise a mere splinter; whereas conservatives (like me) believe actual LIFE trumps all comprise the large piece of wood from which that splinter breaks.
"Divide and Conquer"
Isn't it their duty to intervene in a State Court decision if said court has violated the civil rights of an American citizen? What's their real problem anway, a lack of testosterone or the fear of losing votes?
And the leftist propaganda machine rolls on.
No matter what, if Terri dies in barbaric fashion from deliberate dehydration and starvation, it will be the Democrats who take the blame. I only hope the GOP has the sense to help the nation's seniors make the connection. The Democrats are the party of death; the party of euthenasia; the party of "offing" inconvenient disabled folks such as those who have suffered strokes or become too aged to feed themselves.
Imagine what would have happened if Congress would have had the moral integrity and fortitude to step in to grant freedom to Dred Scott after his unsuccessful appeal to the US Supreme Court.