There may be situations where defiance is justifable, but even if it is, it has to be smart. The state agency had local law enforcmeent saying they'd fire back and enforce the court order. Again, I support Terri fully, but having law enforcement dead over it is not the answer. I just simply dont think it is."<.i>
So then, who 'checks' the judiciary if they get out of line?
First, Bush whould have got the Pinellas County Sheriff on the line (if Bush was sincere about going in) and told him directly "you have 2 minutes to tell your men to stand down, or you are no longer the Sheriff of Pinnellas County." It is inconceivable to me that the Sheriff does not know who his boss is in this fight.
The Judicail Branch can hold Bush in contempt and try him, and then it comes down to the legislature to impeach Bush if they feel so inclined.
I do not know if it would have been worth it either, but our system of government has checks and balances for a reason and in this case a woman was dying.
Again, they did get on the phone, and the sheriff's said they would obey the court order. Again, I disput ethe notion jeb has any authority over them anyway. You guys act like the full extenet had not been pursued here. you had a judicial order conflicting over an executive wish, which wasn't even backed up by the legislature.
I agree the judicial system has no check. That needs to be fixed. But, starting a firefight and having several law enforcement officers potentially dead and your governor in jail would not work.