Murdered by the State:
G-d save this once great nation.
G-d save us all.
Posted on 03/22/2005 11:35:32 PM PST by plewis1250
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How long can a person go without water? It will be seven days come Thursday.
They do have jurisdiction now, because of the new law.
CNN is covering the story live. Fox and MSNBC just have a graphic on the screen.
Please add [Schaivo] to the title so it shows up on the Terri search
It won't matter. They need an injunction from the justice - Kennedy - overseeing the 11'th Circuit, or it'll be too late. They won't get one - hence, it's over.
Do join the boycott.
Voters are ultimately responsible for the officials they elect.
Boycott Pinellas County!
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They may be waiting for the justice system to do the job, in misguided faith that the obvious breach of all decency and justice will find remedy.
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.
-snip-
Ok. remember that there are 6,000,000,000,000 others on this planet that are, or will be, in the same boat at one time or another.
The new law only gives jurisdiction to the federal courts. The feds can review the case for judicial error, but they don't start over from the beginning. The federal court won't decide whether or not her intention was to not be kept alive.
When is it justified for a peaceful mob to swarm the hospice to feed Terri Schiavo, and dare the police to stop them?
It's easy for a single cop in the hallway to toss out a lawyer who hears something, or a nurse who wants to moisten her lips. What would happen if a mob confronts the police and asks if the officer wants to be the one on national television who shoots the person who feeds Terri? Does that officer want to become the national face of the "Let Terri die" movement, like the guy who snatched Elian Gonzalez at gunpoint?
The beat cop is just doing what he's ordered to do. The beat cop probably feels a sense of hubris in one-on-one situations. What would happen in a crowded situation, with cameras rolling? What would the beat cop do when questioned about his own motives? Does the beat cop really want to be the thug arm of the tyrannical government out of control? Was that what he signed up for?
The family should prepare to swarm the hospice to protect their daughter. That's what's next.
-PJ
I am no lawyer, but when the "Justices" have been ordered by the court to do something, and refuse to do so, they can no longer claim immunity by the law. This makes them citizens who by their deliberate actions are causing someone to die by neglect. This is a clear case of manslaughter.
For justice to prevail, some "Justices" need to do some serious jail time.
Bet they don't. America is no longer the land of the Free, but the home of the Knave.
Time to put an end to the tyranny of the judiciary once and for all.
No, next step is to appeal to the full 11th Circuit. This was just one of those three-judge panels that turned it down.
Murdered by the State:
G-d save this once great nation.
G-d save us all.
I just saw on TV segment on J. Couey, Jessica Lundsford's murderer. He was smoking a cigarette while in prison. We live in such a f'ed up country. How is it that a scumbag, child molester and killer like Couey is allowed to smoke a cigarette while an innocent disabled woman is not even allowed to have an ice cube???
I can't imagine the devestation her family is experiencing.
God help them. God help us all if we have come to this.
And do what? A woman who tried to take a bottle of water in was arrested today.
CNN is doing a dramatic "love story". I think they called it a Shakesperean(sp) drama.
I hate to say it but the deathlovers will be celebrating soon.
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