And apparently as impotent against the omnipotent judicial tyrants as the rest of us. What was that about "We the people?"
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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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My, aren't we in a tizzy? Poor dear...
I know. They have these important eyewitnesses on for such a short time. They should try to get as much information out of them as they can.
I was telling my wife last night that Greta is basically a female Larry King. These two are really good at not asking a follow up question when a guest drops a bombshell. They go on to their next "how do you feel" question without blinking an eye. She should just go back to CNN, and take Alan Combes with her.
right you are......mr. Solomon there thinks he has my entire life history figured out with two posts......silly South Dakotan
Randal Terry is a showman on the same level as Bill Baird. He's great at getting others to go to jail for him. Jeb has done FAR more for this woman than little Randy has--hot air and camera hogging being Randy's hobby.
Reagan would have bypassed the Media and gone straight to the nation and said what was going on. (how many liberals would have just looooooved to euthanize Ronnie?) There would have been a national speech on how this one case had national implications on how we protect the helpless and voiceless.
Ronnie would have the senate and house leaders for a photoop and Ronnie would have generously given away all credit and praised them for the non-partisan nature of the emergency.
Of course Ron would not have a pelosi or lunatic judiciary built up over the clinton years. Back in the 80's "some" judges were still not from the DOJ hack pool. The 11th did not even exist until 1985.
The newspapers and media would have SCREAMED bloody murder, there would be no FNC, no internet, and certainly no FR. However, somehow Ronald Reagan would have communicated the day.
(and the NYT wold still be saying "why don't the french love us?")
God works in some real strange ways.
No, it's just that childish dip-stick humor isn't worth humoring.
SHOULD JEB GROW A SPINE AND ACTUALLY FULFILL HIS LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES TO PRESERVE THE LIFE OF TERRI SCHIAVO, IT WOULD NOT BE ILLEGAL.
Judge Greer has absolutely no authority to tell Governor Bush what to do, nor does he have the authority to injunctify the Exective branch in this case. But he's still getting away with it.
And yes, the Legislature are a bunch of wimps. But so is Jeb Bush.
Which they will do. Reducing this real tragedy to movie-of-the-day level, and allowing everyone to feed off this woman's situation by feeling oh-so MORAL for simply feeeeeling something about this case.
I repeat, I think this woman is being killed for no good reason. But law based on feeling is a terrible thing.
What we need to carry from this is the evidence we must present to the American electorate, that the appointment of judges is CRUCIAL.
As someone who argued against the Nuclear Option, I say to Bill Frist, push the damned red button.
Thank you again, Lisa. I appreciate your posts, too.
yes i agree
and he should be held accountable. i am at a loss as to how to accomplish that, however
violence to him or his court or his minions arresting children does not seem appropriate to me
no matter how much i disagree with this judge, with this court and those appellate courts, i believe that we must respect the Rule of Law.
some states are already considering legislation that would exclude estranged spouses from having custodial rights in situations like the one we now have in Florida. it's not enough for Terri, but its better than a shootout at the death camp, which would escalate this awful situation beyond reason.
Don't fool yourself.
BB62
Thanks. I agree with you, too. And I say that as a Right-Wing Christian... A Holy War would suck. (Especially since I have catholic friends, and I'd hate to have to hurt them, ya know? heh heh just kidding!)
Judges are elected or selected, Judge Greer just won relection and all judges face reelection every six years. FL has mandatory retirement for judges at 70.
Judge Greer is not up for re-election until 2010. HOWEVER it is possible to hold a recall petetion to hold a special election.
I know all about him, and all about Operation Rescue, who have done more damage to the Pro-Life movement than the Pro-Abortion crowd could ever hope to. But playing for cameras FEELS good, so he's a hero to some.
About all I've figured out from your posts is that you are either from North California or North Carolina, and you are a republican ;0)
And apparently as impotent against the omnipotent judicial tyrants as the rest of us. What was that about "We the people?"
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I agree. There should be enough to put a halt to this.
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