"Jeb said he was going to move in with the DFC. Then he didn't. Then he did, but he didn't send enough force to get the job done. And then he said he'd done all he could."
I'm really stunned by your statement.
What is it about the rule of law that people don't understand. JEB COULDN'T - THERE WAS A COURT ORDER FROM JUDGE GREER STOPPING HIM. And .. I believe that the Gov was told that if he came there with marshals - against the COURT ORDER FROM JUDGE GREER - to try to get Terri - he would be stopped.
This damn county is so corrupt - they would allow their officers to be killed in a shootout - TO PROVE WHAT ..??
BEING THE "SUPREME AUTHORITY" OF THE STATE DOES NOT MEAN YOU GET TO SUBVERT THE LAWS OF THE STATE - quite the contrary - the Governor put his hand on a Bible and SWORE TO UPHOLD THE LAWS OF THE STATE.
Now .. here is Alan Keys saying the Gov has authority to subvert the laws of government agencies - that is just blatantly false.
Jeb didn't "blow it". Jeb did all the law would allow him to do.
Sorry you have bought into the completely destructive myth of judicial supremecy.
It is bringing our republic down to the ground.
We are already to the point of killing handicapped people.
The road ahead won't be a pretty one.
Not only is it false, its dangerous to liberty.
I have lost all respect for Mr. Keyes and I would never consider voting for him now that he has made clear that he believes a strongman triumphs over laws and the constitution.
| JEB COULDN'T - THERE WAS A COURT ORDER FROM JUDGE GREER STOPPING HIM.
And in case you haven't been paying attention, Jeb did send state agents to do just that. But the force he sent was so small that the "deputies" blew them off. The deputies would have beat feet if DCF had shown up with 60 or 100 national guard troops in tow. There wasn't going to be any cop vs cop shootout. It was a poker game. The judge bluffed, and Jeb folded. And Terri dies. |
A court order to stop the Governor from performing his duties as chief executive of the state? Who would enforce the order? And what if the order itself is unconstitutional? Where in the Florida Constitution does it say that a local probate judge can order the governor of the state NOT to execute his authority? And, finally, why would Gov. Bush even bother to ask permission of this judge in the first place?
Judge Greer does not have the authority to order an Executive Branch official not to enforce the law. There is a long-extant law in Florida giving the DCF the right to intervene in these cases on an emergency basis, with court review coming after the fact. The way the law reads, the DCF could have taken Terri to the hospital on Thursday, and the earliest any "court review" could have come was Tuesday.