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To: wagglebee

Bush swore to uphold the Constitution. Andrew Jackson ignored the Supreme Court once, and it remains a great stain on our Republic. Bush is not a dictator. He doesn't like the laws and rulings any more than I do, but he and his brother must act within the law. That's the way it is. Period.


16 posted on 03/27/2005 2:30:55 PM PST by ExtremeUnction
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To: ExtremeUnction
Jeb Bush swore an oath to uphold the Florida Constitution which states the following:

ARTICLE I
Section 2
Basic rights.--All natural persons, female and male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and to acquire, possess and protect property; except that the ownership, inheritance, disposition and possession of real property by aliens ineligible for citizenship may be regulated or prohibited by law. No person shall be deprived of any right because of race, religion, national origin, or physical disability.

ARTICLE IV
Section 1
(a) The supreme executive power shall be vested in a governor, who shall be commander-in-chief of all military forces of the state not in active service of the United States. The governor shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, commission all officers of the state and counties, and transact all necessary business with the officers of government. The governor may require information in writing from all executive or administrative state, county or municipal officers upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices. The governor shall be the chief administrative officer of the state responsible for the planning and budgeting for the state.
(b) The governor may initiate judicial proceedings in the name of the state against any executive or administrative state, county or municipal officer to enforce compliance with any duty or restrain any unauthorized act.
(d) The governor shall have power to call out the militia to preserve the public peace, execute the laws of the state, suppress insurrection, or repel invasion.

I agree that George W. Bush has no legal grounds for action here (although Congress certainly could take action to enforce a lawful subpeona that Greer ignored). However, Jeb Bush is clearly within his powers to take custody of Terri Schiavo.

21 posted on 03/27/2005 2:43:18 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: ExtremeUnction

What does ignoring the Supreme Court have to do with ignoring the Constitution? Those things are not synonymous.

Both Bushes are violating their oath of office, because both of them are failing to protect an innocent American from a public, court-ordered murder.


64 posted on 03/27/2005 3:59:44 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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