Posted on 03/24/2005 10:24:20 AM PST by spycatcher
STARVATION: DAY 7
Jeb Bush urged to intervene immediately
Keyes, Klayman in Tallahassee for face-to-face meeting
Posted: March 24, 2005
11:35 a.m. Eastern
With legal and legislative options apparently exhausted, former Judicial Watch chairman Larry Klayman and former presidential candidate Alan Keyes are in Florida's capital trying to persuade Gov. Jeb Bush to use his executive powers to save Terri Schaivo's life.
Klayman, a candidate last year for the U.S. Senate from Florida, believes that since Bush "is the supreme executive power of the state of Florida, he has the right and duty to step in and, in effect, pardon Terri Schaivo from the death sentence that has been unduly placed upon her by the court system."
The Schaivo case presents a "vacuum" for the judicial system, Klayman and Keyes contend, because it "failed to act to save Terri's life" and "all Americans that want to see justice done would like for that vacuum to be filled before it is too late."
In a unanimous decision, just announced, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from Terri Schiavo's parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, for an emergency order allowing Schiavo's feeding tube to be reinserted.
Klayman met with Bush's general counsel yesterday afternoon to outline the legal justification for Bush to act and present a legal brief prepared by Keyes.
They expect to meet with Bush today to "stress that time is of the essence, that Terri can die at any moment."
Keyes wrote a column published this morning by WorldNetDaily, arguing for Bush to step in and save Schiavo amid judicial abuse of the separation of powers.
Larry Klayman is legal counsel for William Greene's RightMarch.com and Alan Keyes' Declaration Alliance, both advocates for saving Schiavo's life.
Yesterday, religious and political groups banded together to urge Gov. Bush and his brother, President Bush, to use their executive powers to order police to take Terri Schiavo into protective custody.
As WorldNetDaily reported, the Florida judge who has consistently ruled against efforts to keep Terri Schiavo alive has said no to an effort by the state's Department of Children and Families to rescue the brain-injured woman by physically removing her, but a department spokeswoman says the state agency still could take action without judicial approval.
Pinellas Circuit Court Judge George Greer said the state cannot take Schiavo into custody, nor provide her food or water.
The possible "rescue" scenario emerged today with Schiavo now in her sixth day without food or water. Florida's DCF indicated it might remove the brain-injured woman, by force if necessary, from the hospice where she has lived the past five years.
At a news conference yesterday, Gov. Bush confirmed the DCF, under his authority, was considering the move.
Bush said new information had come to light warranting intervention, including a review of Terri Schiavo's condition by neurologist Dr. William Cheshire, who claims she may have been misdiagnosed. Cheshire believes Schiavo to be in a "minimally conscious state," not a "persistent vegetative state" as courts have determined.
"It is imperative that she be stablized so the DCF team can fulfill their statute to review the facts surrounding the case," Bush said.
the final result of this insanity has to be stopped for many reasons
OMG, how did I miss him? Thanks for the correction.
Would you like him to break the law if there is no legal way for him to intervene?
I don't see Jeb giving up. I believe he is exhausting all of his options BEFORE moving in to get her in custody.
EFF Greer!! Eff all of these judges that don't allow new evidence.
Something needs to be done.
Don't get me wrong. I like Jeb Bush and I do think he has been trying but it hasn't been effective so far. Judge Greer is not over him. Surely as governor he has powers that he can use. Now I know some think Alan Keyes is a nut, and I think on some things he is too, but he says that there are things Jeb can do as governor to save this girl. I believe him. He may be a little bit nutty but he's not stupid. I hope his talks with Jeb will help. It's all we got right now.
I was trying to avoid that phraseology.
As I said in a previous thread, I cannot see any downside to acting "outside the law" in this case.
Not entirely correct, according to a thread here yesterday. They have to provide 10 days notice to the guardian and the case has to go before an ethics review board before any action is taken. The guardian basically has 10 days to find another facility that will take the patient.
I hate to say it, but Larry Klayman doesn't strike me as someone who's striking fear into the heart of Judge Greer.
Klayman is the Mario Mendoza of legal action.
The Jebinator knew for YEARS this was coming and decided long long ago to pretend to do everything as long as it PRODUCED nothing.
I hate to say something positive about Clinton, but at least he had the cojones to send in troops and Do Something and "Damn the Tribunes".
The pleas of the parents resemble the pleas of those about to be beheaded, except they are threatened by terrorist and Terri is threatened by .... ah well you tell me.
This will make 2008 VERY interesting. We need someone who will risk their political life to protect innocent life.
We really have to stand together on this. A lot of really good people are just off the deep end. They ahve lost all perspective.
"It is imperative that she be stablized so the DCF team can fulfill their statute to review the facts surrounding the case," Bush said.
Therefore, it's time to act. We know how Greer is going to rule.
Can you see GWB pardoning Jeb for any hassles that he gets if he acts against the will of the courts? If not, then maybe Jeb's done all he can. Even a pardon on January 20, 2009, regardless of who wins the election is as forgivable by the voting public as ANY of the Clintoon pardons.
Well, don't spend too much time thinking about it.
>>Why isn't that Scott Peterson of a husband being investigated??? <<
That's what I want to know, too. Evidently he's withheld therapy for years (despite money having been awarded for that purpose), repeatedly asked her nurses why she hasn't died yet, may possibly have physically mistreated her when he's in the room alone with her--shouldn't he be under investigation?
1) News reports are saying that protesters hoping that Terri will not be killed are turning their anger towards Jeb Bush
2) Read the posts here, people are attacking others who feel Jeb or W. have the power to save Terri.
3) Jeb's bravado at yesterday's press conference where he intentionally or unintentionally raised people's hopes is backfiring due to the lack of follow thru.
4) The moderators are pulling all posts that even suggest or want to discuss the potential backlash as if that will prevent one.
5) Even as I write a caller is discussing this with RUSH.
I'm sorry, there are alot of losers here. Terri of course is the biggest, her parents next, our country AND our politicians who fairly or not are appearing impotent. Don't attack me for not understanding the law and for pushing illegal action. I'm simply saying that this is a horrible episode in our nations history and many, rightly or wrongly, will assign blame.
I don't have the answer, I'm only observing.
WTF? Rescue? "Rescue" how? What you call "rescue" seems more like "condemn to another who-knows-how-many decades of hopeless bed-ridden imprisonment" to me.
I've never found myself in such overwhelming disagreement with the general Free Republic opinion as I have in this case.
I guess I better hurry up and get a living will written, lest I have an accident and a bunch of holier-than-thou do-gooders take it upon themselves to condemn me or my empty shell to a state of perpetual hopelessness while torturing and vilifying my spouse.
Bush "saddened" by Schiavo ruling
Thu Mar 24 2005 13:50:50 ET
President George W. Bush is "saddened" by the US Supreme Court's refusal to order Terri Schiavo's feeding tube reconnected, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Thursday.
"The president is saddened by the latest ruling. When there is a complex case such as this, where serious questions and doubts have been raised, the president believes we ought to err on the side of life," she said.
Bush was spending the week at his ranch near this tiny town, and learned of the court ruling from a senior aide, she said.
Asked whether Bush was contemplating further legal action to help the severely brain-damaged woman, who tragic case has drawn international attention, Perino demured.
"We know there are still efforts underway by the parents and the state of florida to save her life, we cont to stand with those who are on the side of defending life," she said.
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