[Cboldt]

In civil trials, "clear and convincing" is the same statndard that "beyond a reasonable doubt" is in a criminal case.

The federal courts got the law wrong. Greer got the facts wrong. And the judicial system is showing us its ass.

[The Red Zone]

Are you sure it's equal to BARD? I think it's looser.

[beyond the sea]

Please check this out. It was all one big lie to give the public the impression that the Republicans were in it for the politics....... and it worked, thanks to the prominent Republicans showing NO backbone. Republicans showed as much spine as spider silk waving in the wind.

Memogate Part Two (The Dubious “GOP Talking Points” Memo) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1371673/posts

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When Dan Rather used fake memos to smear President Bush, bloggers blew the whistle and the rest of the media recognized a journalistic scandal. But coverage of the dubious “GOP Talking Points” memo on the Schiavo case has been far different.

Perhaps realizing that another phony document scandal could totally sink the credibility of the so-called mainstream media, there is great reluctance to admit that journalists from ABC News, the Washington Post, CBS News and other news organizations were taken in again, and that the Democrats played a dirty trick on the Republicans in a matter of life and death.

The significance of the memo cannot be underestimated. It surfaced at a time when Democrats were on the defensive about what to do in the Schiavo case. Would they allow a federal review of the case, as is routinely done for convicted killers facing the death penalty?

What better way was there to turn the table on the Republicans than by charging that they really didn’t care about Terri Schiavo but only wanted to fire up their conservative pro-life base? The “GOP Talking Points” memo fit the bill perfectly. It called the case “a great political issue” for the Republicans.

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The entire matter just shows how evil and powerful and destructive to the country the old liberal/socialist media is!

The old media is the most evil and destructive force in this country.

[Voir Dire]

I agree that the judge got the facts wrong here.

IMO "clear and convincing", while a higher standard than preponderance of the evidence, is not as high as beyond a reasonable doubt.

[LYSandra]

They'd be terminated? Big deal! Can't they get jobs elsewhere? They'd let someone die because of some nurses pay job? I can't believe this.

[LYSandra]

They'd be terminated? Big deal! Can't they get jobs elsewhere? They'd let someone die because of some nurses pay job? I can't believe this.