No. Just as you couldn't count on all Presidents to step down after two terms just because George Washington did. Yet that situation stood for a long time because we mostly elected moral men to be President.
We are not talking about one situation here, we are talking about the rule of law and it's an extremely important point.
Two responses:
1) The rule of which law? The law that says whatever a judge says is right is right? I'm not familiar with that law. The Executive can simply find that the judge did not properly apply the law and take action. He can, of course, be hammered after the fact if he is wrong.
2) If the law is immoral and we stand on its rule, the Nuremburg is a sham. The rule of right supersedes the rule of law. That's why I could demand that Elian Gonzales be allowed to remain dispite our laws that say parents get the final say. In this case that was a wrong law. The right thing to do would have been to offer him sanctuary.
Of course there's a tradeoff. In Elian's case it was only a matter of freedom. Elian may yet be free before he dies. In this case a life is at stake. Once Terri's dead it's too late to realize we were wrong. In this case the balance should tilt to the government doing what's right.
Do not let the emotion over rule that because future generations are counting on us not to destroy the foundation of this country.
Oh, that's been done.
When a Mayor flouts law to marry homosexuals and doesn't even get a slap on the wrist, the foundation has crumbled. We're like Wile E. Coyote. The bridge has fallen and we're hovering in midair. We're feeling around with our foot before we look down. Then we will fall.
Shalom.
AGREED. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!!!!
What happened in Terri's case is an indicatin that our foundation has already crumbled.