Posted on 03/25/2005 7:55:28 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
Hours after a judge ordered that Terri Schiavo was not to be removed from her hospice, a team of state agents were en route to seize her and have her feeding tube reinserted -- but they stopped short when local police told them they would enforce the judge's order, The Herald has learned.
Agents of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement told police in Pinellas Park, the small town where Schiavo lies at Hospice Woodside, on Thursday that they were on the way to take her to a hospital to resume her feeding.
For a brief period, local police, who have officers at the hospice to keep protesters out, prepared for what sources called ``a showdown.''
In the end, the squad from the FDLE and the Department of Children & Families backed down, apparently concerned about confronting local police outside the hospice.
''We told them that unless they had the judge with them when they came, they were not going to get in,'' said a source with the local police.
''The FDLE called to say they were en route to the scene,'' said an official with the city police who requested anonymity. ``When the sheriff's department and our department told them they could not enforce their order, they backed off.''
The incident,known only to a few and related to The Herald by three different sources involved in Thursday's events, underscores the intense emotion and murky legal terrain that the Schiavo case has created. It also shows that agencies answering directly to Gov. Jeb Bush had planned to use a wrinkle in Florida law that would have allowed them to legally get around the judge's order. The exception in the law allows public agencies to freeze a judge's order whenever an agency appeals it.
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I'm afraid you're correct, but I hope not.
No, very constitutional.
Because believe it or not, Florida is not a court-ocracy for the executive branch. Impeachment charges do not appear before courts. They appear before the Legislature.
Never thought I would see the day when alleged "Conservatives" would be advocating out-and-out murder of public officials, trespass, trashing of private property, lawlessness, and just sheer naked anarchy.
#1 best seller 3000 years running, not bad.
The Us Constitution is a great document because it is based on the principles found in the BIble,which sustains Christianity. Christianity gave the world the principles of democracy, which gave rise to the US Constitution.
It is really symbiotic.
The orders to violence in the Old Testament are just fine -- that is, if you are the ancient Hebrews to whom they were addressed. Since the Christians are not, shut your piehole.
I might advocate sheer naked anarchy, as long as the chick are hot... ;0)
Yes, I am zealious in my defense of innocent life, I am surprised that thier is a death cult here at FR.
And all you can do as an argument is pull out all the old "hate Christans" arguments of the left. But while one can find something here and something where in 2000 years of history that hardly proves a damn thing. And if one looks cloely at those here's and there's ones finds that there really isn't all that much (Christan evil) there.
No murder of public officials needed, just arrest of the swamp good ole boys by the State mounties.
"people.......who need people....are the luckiest people, ..in the world."........haha....how do you like my singing hlee......??????
HAH! Helen Thomas' of the world NEED NOT APPLY!
But well reasoned,logical, well thought out posts by newbies are well received.And you've been here long enough to know that.
Fortunately and or unfortunately FR does not provide a free range of discussion and debate in all topic areas under the sun. I have not really read your postings so I do not suggest you or any others are 'violating' anything -here is some guidance:
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No, simply lack of court-archy. Because the constitution has a special answer for trying charges of crimes by the executive branch, it's not called the courts, it's called the legislature. That's why Clinton was not hauled before the Supreme Court, but before the Congress. Checks and balances, comprendez?
Read me from the bible where it says I can't do that. Or shut up.
I won't presume what they felt. I repeat you cannot blame the Church for the actions of the people in it, when their actions belie the very precepts of the Church.
Islam is actually quite different because the tenets of the religion do require the killing of all infidels. So in that case ,one could blame the religion.
Note to all, I will not debate the merits and demerits Of Islam here tonight. Too late and OT
haha........oh I got your intial meaning.....I was just having fun at his expense.....silly me
It is rare that one of the pro-death of Terri crowd is not either a troll or a libertarian BUT apparently there is some of that rare conservative breed here at FR.
"even if I request it?"
If you request it for yourself, it isn't going to be by court order, now is it?
That would be assisted suicide, which is a topic for another day.
Again, you post accusations of that sort with ZERO evidence to back it up. You just say it to make yourself feel better, don't you.
Now, if you can cite one single post of mine where I advocate death for Terri Shiavo, well, knock your self out.
If not, stop spreading slanderous lies.
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