Governor Bush can ONLY do what the law allows -- to do anything more would be breaking his oath and setting a bad precedent that could be used one day by the forces of evil if a liberal ever occupied that seat again.
You cannot let emotions get carried away and ask Gov Bush or President Bush to break the law or to take the law into their own hands. They have followed the Constitution and must continue to do so for the great good of this Nation.
Would love nothing better then have someone go in and free Terri but the Governor or the President have no legal authority in this instance. Maybe some of you should be looking why Terri's lawyers and her family when this was in State Court didn't get these affidavits that we see today from the nurses. Looks like there have been a lot of mistakes made but the last thing we need are more activist judicial decisions that are against the law or a President/Governor breaking the law.
My two cents and I support Life.
I disagree. There is an ongoing official investigation into abuse of Terri. The governor has the authority and the right to order her taken into protective custody while that investigation proceeds. Sure it would cause a constitutional crisis between him and the courts...but hello? that crisis already exists and it would shift the firestorm off of a defenselss, innocent woman who is being killed by merciless animals, and onto his broad shoulders where he has the means and hoepfully the will to fight it.
Just my thoughts.
The one thing that puzzles me is why DCF can't take Terri into protective custody while they investigate the accusations of abuse and neglect.
It's unbelievable that an agency charged with protecting people from abuse and neglect has its hands tied while a subject is put to death by the alleged perpetrator.
Agreed. I support life, too, but these calls for the state and federal executive branches to break the law make me reeeeeeeeeal nervous...
Thanks, PKM!
As much as we disagree with it, Judge Greer's ruling is the law of the land until and unless it is overturned. Advocating unlawful and unconstitutional actions by Governor Bush or President Bush is not helpful; figuring out how to get the law changed quickly would be.
Then they can also have Michael arrested and let him defend his actions!!! Few people know that he is an Registered Nurse and knows exactly how to work the system to his total advantage!!!
"You cannot let emotions get carried away and ask Gov Bush or President Bush to break the law or take the law into their own hands."
With all due respect, isn't that what the residents around the concentration camps must have used as an excuse?
The LAW, as it is in this case, isn't right. I emailed Rush and Glenn today with these comments:
In the case of Terry Schiavo, when people bring up the "caveat" that the courts have had their say and we need to abide by the courts ruling and due process, here is the response. Dred Scott. In l857, the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans were not citizens, therefore the federal government did not have the power to prohibit slavery in its territories. In the Schiavo case, court findings do not necessarily make the decision to allow Michael Schiavo to murder his wife right. There are many laws that are not on the side of right. For those who claim that the Michael has had his day in court and we must abide by the rule of law or open a "Pandoras Box", I say thank God that was not the attitude after Dred Scott, or it would still be the law today. God bless Terri.
Reddy
The following is the letter I sent to Governor Bush.
Dear Governor Bush,
Horrified is the only word I can express in my deep shock over what is occurring in your state. My family (four individual families) have made the decision that we can no longer visit or vacation in your state if Terri dies because the Judicial System, Legislature and Law Force Agencies have not protected her, but fought diligently to kill her.
Three nurses and 33 doctors have signed affidavits that Terri is being misrepresented as being in a vegetative state. One nurse testified that she went to the police who refused to act on her charge that Terri's husband was trying to murder her with overdosing her with insulin. Because Terri is retarded, your state has turned your backs on her and classified her as not worth being afforded protection by the police, except to arrest people who are trying to save her life.
Florida represents death to our family. How could we ever go to your state again for recreation and amusement where it is the past home of this handicapped woman was afforded less compassion and worth than a stray dog? As her estranged husband scatters her cremated ashes in the land of Florida it will bring death to all who care about life. We will turn our backs on your state as your state turned your back on Terri.
Not only has your state turned your back on aiding the handicapped, your state has now created an open season on all handicapped people who can't speak or advocate for themselves. The future of this nation protecting the handicapped is now in jeopardy as the country now turns to target all severely handicapped persons with the same 'quality of life' as Terri.
You are governor. Go be with Terri while she dies. Look in her eyes and meditate that this is your state.
See, here's where I disagree with your point.
'don't allow emotions'
IN otherwords, forget compassion, mercy, common sense, conscious, having a soul, the human factors involved in a human life or death struggle,,,just worry about being 'correct' and following the 'letter of the law.'
Well, it seems you advocate a society that is souless and cold, callous and cruel,,but HEY,,IT'S LEGAL! I guess that is ALL that matters, right?
I didn't even use the word MORAL yet,,,that makes the legally correct 'people' shudder.....oooyh,,,,can't have emotion...have to be CORRECT,,being CORRECT is more important than being human to some apparently......
My sentiments exactly, on all points, including strongly pro-life.
"Governor Bush can ONLY do what the law allows -- to do anything more would be breaking his oath and setting a bad precedent that could be used one day by the forces of evil if a liberal ever occupied that seat again."
I agree one hundred percent.
Can you imagine a President Hillary deciding, after intense political pressure from the pro-death crowd, to take action against an individual citizen? Perhaps deciding, oh, let's see, that some individual Medicaid patient who is using a feeding tube or something to stay alive is costing the system too much money? So she goes in and orders the tube to be removed?
If there is some legal way for Governor Bush to step in (i.e., with the protective custody route) I am all for it, with the following caveat:
I hope they will be reasonably sure of an ultimate successful outcome. Not one hundred percent of course, that's not possible, but also, don't take action that you know is destined to fail.
Because if the tube is put back in, and then whatever law they pass or action they take is again ruled unconstitutional or otherwise futile, and her tube is taken out a fourth (or fifth?) time, I think it would be cruel to Terri to keep re-launching days of starvation and dehydration.
And I say that as a strong supporter of Life as well. :)