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To: Logos124
1. The law does not apply to the the Terri Schiavo case.

May I remind you that the law and justice are not necessarily synonymous. Look at the former Soviet Union and present day Cuba as examples. Indeed, we are an independent nation because our Founding Fathers rejected an unjust king and Parliament. In any case, no law need be violated. Rather, the executive and/or legislative branches of the government of Florida need to assert their authority over that of an out-of-control judicial branch. 2.

2. All of the 20+ judges who have ruled that it was Terri's wish not to be kept alive in her current state are part of a pro-death conspiracy.

You are, of course, referring to the same august Florida jurists who blessed voter fraud in 2000 and almost foisted Al Gore on this nation. In any case, all the judges other than Greer have done is to ratify the proceedings of the court of original jurisdiction. That is not meaningful judicial review.

3. The separation of powers laid out in the Constitution are more like guidelines which can be broken if enough people get upset.

Please refer to point one. The judicial branches of both the Federal government and state governments have long ago gone well beyond the bounds of the original intent of the Founding Fathers. Please read The Federalist Papers for clarification on this matter.

4. The federal government should be allowed to interfer (sic) with any state law that it deems unsatisfactory.

You're right on this count. President Bush should have told his kid brother that, as governor of Florida, he had the tools needed to prevent this judicially sanctioned execution.

5. All people would choose to live in a vegetative state.

You have ignored evidence, posted on FR and publicized on numerous other Web sites and on conservative talk radio, which contradicts the MSM/Deathocrat/RINO assertion that Terri Schiavo is in a vegetative state.

812 posted on 03/23/2005 9:43:08 PM PST by Wallace T.
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To: Wallace T.
4. The federal government should be allowed to interfer (sic) with any state law that it deems unsatisfactory.

Read Amendment XIV. There are more requirements than the state law simply being "unsatisfactory", but in Terri's case Amendment XIV would seem to authorize intervention.

Note that historically the fact that appellate courts have been willing to ignore gross violations of laws does not preclude a "due process" challenge. In at least one appellate court decision, the court held that appointing a proxy for Terri would have been redundant since Greer played that role. The statute says a judge may not do that, and an appellate court's declaration that they didn't see anything a separate proxy would have done differently does not make it kosher.

815 posted on 03/23/2005 9:52:15 PM PST by supercat ("Though her life has been sold for corrupt men's gold, she refuses to give up the ghost.")
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To: Wallace T.

5. All people would choose to live in a vegetative state.

You have ignored evidence, posted on FR and publicized on numerous other Web sites and on conservative talk radio, which contradicts the MSM/Deathocrat/RINO assertion that Terri Schiavo is in a vegetative state.



He also ignored that there was a witness who said Terry got upset at Ann Quinlan (or whatever her name is), which contradicts what her husband says about her wishes.


817 posted on 03/23/2005 9:55:53 PM PST by angelanddevil2
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