When I read this, I thought Ann was being tongue-in-cheek. She wasn't. She just said as much on Al Rantel's talk show. Al asked her if she really felt that Jeb should sent in the cops to rescue Terri and Ann said yes. THIS IS NUTS, FOLKS!!! THIS IS WRONG!!! THIS IS IRRESPONSIBLE!!!
I was asked to repost to this thread. I noticed you folks pinged me on the other thread. I hope for SCOTUS to overrule the lower courts. I want the process to be legal and responsible. This is not the way.
I think the evidence of abuse and crime (let alone judicial malpractice and total disregard of Congress's intent with the law passed a few days ago) is sufficient to justify intervention.
I've always wondered where in the bleep the DA has been with all this obvious evidence available.
I also hoped it wouldn't come to this, but it has. The judiciary has said "we do what we want, bleep you." It's long past time to call their bluff.
You are correct. The idea of the National Guard staging a raid on the hospice and taking this woman hostage can be done in an irresponsible manner. (See Klintoon's raid on the Miami relatives.) But it doesn't mean such action should not be taken.
If the executive branch of Florida is going to take custody of Terri Schiavo and it is getting close to time to decide, then we should be very clear about what we are doing. First, any action along these lines would be extra-constitutional. The Florida executive branch has no codified legal authority at this point to take custody of Terri Schaivo. It will do our side a great disservice to say such authority exists or mask it the guise of declaring war on the judiciary or some other nonsense because when the minute Ed Rendell uses such action to save Mumia Abu Jamal from death row, we will be powerless to stop it.
The authority to take custody of this woman by the Executive lay in natural law principles. We are all vested with the right to live and the power to choose our own fate. These rights come from our Creator and no system or branch of government can take these rights away.
Terri Schiavo is incapacitated. She has no ability to make end of life care decisions for herself. The state court finding of fact (that she wished to die in this manner) is a travesty. Anyone who says I disagree with Greer's decision but it must stand is a moral coward. Subsequent court action has failed to overturn this decision. Both the state and federal judiciary have failed to protect and have ultimately denied this woman's inherent right to live and choose her own destiny.
The judiciary has no power ro deny Terri Schiavo her inherent right to life. Their actions masked in legalisms and codified procedural mumbo job are themselves violations of natural law. Therefore, it is we the people who must protect Terri Schiavo or else all our inherent rights will be at the whim of the judiciary.
We, the people, are the government. If, the judiciary cannot and will not save her, and the legislature has washed its hands of the matter, then the People represented by the Executive branch can and should protect these inherent rights. And that is why I would support Jeb Bush taking this woman into custody.
If you disagree, I can't blame you. But when the current legal system will not protect Terri Schiavo's inherent rights, then other action must be undertaken.