Posted on 03/23/2005 12:21:22 AM PST by peyton randolph
This can now be appealed to the entire 11th as a whole, right? Or is that up to the three-judge panel to direct?
I can translate this decision out of Atlanta into just a few words:
We are no longer a nation of laws. We are now ruled by judges who are free to decree who shall live, and who shall die, and their decisions are final.
These judges have not only affirmed the death of Terri Schiavo, they have confirmed the death of our Republic.
I would ordinarily say 'May God have Mercy upon us', but I fear that He will do no such thing now.
America is toast.
Ecc 3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.
Ecc 3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work.
There is going to be a real passion to reshape the courts after this.
I think the one thing this case has done is present to the people what a bunch of asses lots of judges are.
This is going to not go away and will blow up like illegal immigration and the Democrats will for the most part lose more because of this.
Why do the Democrats lose with this?
Because at every turn they have backed the culture of death against life.
So what can the Democrats use as a defense?
Dems can only say:"What are you going to trust, us or your lying ears"?
I also wouldn't want to spend the rest of my life as Terri's husband, from the national passion of this, he's going to get hounded over this IMO until he passes himself some distant day.
>>I think the first question and only question should be is Terri a PVS case?(persistent vegetative state ).If she is not than this is murder<<
With immediate cremation ordered after her death, we probably will never know. If the courts won't act to save her life, why would they act to determine the facts involved afterwards?
It doesn't matter who appoints the judges. You will get either a Democrat dictator or a Republican dictator.
When I was weighing the words of Greer, Felos, etc , something haunting came to me. Osama Bin laden had quoted Khalid ibn al-Walid as saying "you will be conquered against your will by men who love death as you love life."
We will soon prove him right.
Although I don't practice before the 11th Circuit, I believe they can either appeal to the full 11th Circuit en banc or to the U.S. Supremes. If memory serves correct, Kennedy (I want to be loved by the NY Times and Washington Post) is assigned to this region for SCOTUS. If at least 4 members of SCOTUS want to hear the case, Kennedy should issue temporary relief (feeding resumed). I'm not convinced there are even 3 votes for SCOTUS to hear the case. I'm guessing Scalia, Thomas...and maybe Rehnquist.
Terri will die because her attys didn't handle this well.
I agree that, politically, for the liberals, this all relates back to abortion.
As to your other point, even if Terri is a PVS case, I think this is murder because even if she is PVS, I think it must still be her (Terri's) desire to have the feeding tube disconnected. Since she did not have a living will, or anything else in writing, the Court accepted the testimony of her so-called "husband", her husband's brother and, I think, the brother's wife as proof of what Terri would want. In light of all the facts (ie, that Michael has lived with another woman for ten years and has two children with her)---taking their testimony as proof is, IMO, criminal.
As President Bush said, if we are to err, we should err on the side of life.
You are right. This is so ridiculous it's not funny. There are no complexities here, none whatsoever. Terri's "husband" wants her dead and Terri's immediate family does not. That's it. Case closed.
The judges(lawyers) that have so far been involved with this case have either been "pro euthanasia" and/or Clinton appointees. You have 3-4 people "voting" on such an explosive issue. I know you can't have a general election over this but at the very least there should be an attempt to provide "level plaing field".
Who fixed it, and why?
Isa 41:17 [When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none, [and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Isa 41:18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Isa 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, [and] the pine, and the box tree together:
Isa 41:20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
Thanks ;-)
This really hurts. Yes it can be appealed and it was a very strong descension, but no one thinks the Supreme Court will hear it, but it's not over till it's over.
The U.S. Justice Dept is in the middle of this deal with both feet, and options still exist.........
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