Posted on 03/24/2005 3:29:58 PM PST by carl in alaska
Legal experts say that if Florida Gov. Jeb Bush defies state judge George Greer and orders state troopers to rescue Terri Schiavo, he and any other officials who participate in such a move risk a contempt citation from Greer that could put them in jail.
But with a powerful ally in the White House, Terri Schiavo's would-be rescuers have nothing to fear from the runaway judge.
In 2001, President Clinton pardoned drug dealers, international money launderers - even FALN terrorists, who were spared in a blatant bid to win votes for his wife's Senate campaign.
The episode taught a bewildered nation that the powers of the president to pardon anyone he wishes are absolute and irrefutable.
Today, Clinton is the most popular American politician in the world and his wife is the frontrunning candidate for her party's presidential nomination. In other words, the Pardongate scandal's lasting political fallout was nil.
He even pardoned his own brother, who had been convicted of selling cocaine.
Should Gov. Bush decide to rescue Terri Schiavo by force in violation of Judge Greer's order, President Bush could do the same for his brother - along with any other officials the right-to-die judge tries to punish.
Would there be controversy? You bet. Would the Bush family's political enemies try to capitalize? Absolutely.
But a nation that forgives one president for pardoning terrorists will certainly forgive another who uses his pardon power to save a life.
Once Terri Schiavo begins to receive the treatment she's been denied for more than a decade, her condition will almost certainly improve. Nurses who have cared for her have already testified she can speak and eat without a feeding tube, in stark contradiction of Judge Greer's findings.
Terri's recovery, however minimal, would serve as powerful evidence that the Bush brothers did the right thing in coming to her rescue.
In the meantime, the nation would be spared the haunting specter of its government starving an innocent citizen to death.
Getting late, is it not?
Sorry, but I misspelled the author's name. Can you correct that to read Carl Limbacher.
I wish folks would think before writing and posting this stuff.
If we want to be thrown out of control of the Senate and White House, we should definitely pursue this ridiculous idea.
This has already been posted and I'm going to post the same question had on the last thread.
Does the president even have the power to pardon in what would be a state-level case?
The President's pardon power is NOT limited to Federal offenses.
56 posted on 03/21/2005 2:36:17 PM PST by The Grim Freeper [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]
Great minds think alike, I guess...
C'mon, President Bush. Do the right thing.
And the people who think that should truly get their food and water taken away.
There is LESS THAN ZERO chance of this scenario happening, however it would be something to witness!!
People people people, get a grip, two wrongs do not make a right. God will handle it the way HE wants to handle it, period. HE will put people in place to either save Terri or not, HIS will be done.
Presidential pardons trump state laws. I know it's hard to believe but the Prez has absolute power to pardon anyone on any conviction in any court within the USA.
That is ridiculous! Jeb Bush isn't going to risk his political future...Even if her tube was reinserted she might die anyway now.
It's not wrong if the law is really on Jeb's side and Greer is out of bounds.
"Should Gov. Bush decide to rescue Terri Schiavo by force in violation of Judge Greer's order, President Bush could do the same for his brother - along with any other officials the right-to-die judge tries to punish.'
But it won't 'save Terry'. Judge Greer would just remove her from the hospital, return her to the hospice, and remove the feeding tube. What then? How many times would Bush pardon his brother?
I would love to see them do this to save Terri...
I've sitten here and read and listened to all of the arguments on this issue. I think 'Terri' died in 1990. This event has become a circus, and that is not right.
To demonize and condemn thoughtful people for drawing this conclusion, which is the conclusion of our legal and political system, is grandstanding on par with the worst of the Left.
"President Bush could not pardon his brother in this matter, because it would be a state issue, not a federal one.
I wish folks would think before writing and posting this stuff."
No kidding. This is a joke. Isn't Newsmax supposed to be a somewhat legit publication. Makes me wonder.
This shouled just be seen as a back up plan. Jeb Bush would never be convicted of anything.
Let's at least try to stay in the realm of reality.
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