Posted on 03/30/2005 10:09:34 AM PST by churchillbuff
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The state House Judiciary Committee chairman said Tuesday he will consider starting an impeachment investigation of the state judge in the Terri Schiavo case, but said he thought it unlikely that the judge would be impeached. Christian conservatives and advocates of the disabled have launched an Internet campaign and collected more than 28,000 electronic signatures in favor of impeaching Pinellas County Circuit Judge George Greer, who has presided for seven years over the legal battle between Schiavo's husband, Michael Schiavo, and her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler. Greer allowed Michael Schiavo to have her nutrition and hydration tube removed March 18. He contends she would have wanted its removal, but the parents want to keep her alive. ''People have asked me to seek to impeach him,'' said House Judiciary Committee Chairman David Simmons, R-Longwood, which he said was not unusual given his position. Article 3, Section 17 of the Florida Constitution says circuit judges ''shall be liable to impeachment for misdemeanor in office.'' Such a move would require a two-thirds vote by the state House to impeach, and then a two-thirds vote by the state Senate to convict, with the chief justice of the state Supreme Court presiding over the trial before the Senate. ''I think that's a pretty heavy burden to sustain,'' Simmons
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said Tuesday. Simmons said he has received ''numerous e-mails'' asking for an investigation. ''We will look at it and analyze it,'' said Simmons, who is a lawyer. But Simmons added, ''I'm not committing to do anything other than review what any constituent tells me, as a representative and as chairman of the Judiciary [Committee], to look at.'' Stories about the severely brain-damaged woman, appeals for donations to defray legal expenses, and ''Action Alerts'' urging visitors to contact state and federal lawmakers dominate Christian conservative and anti-abortion Web sites. ''She will be a martyr when she dies,'' Simmons predicted. Although it appears that time has run out for the legislature to act in time to halt Schiavo's impending death, Simmons said he intends to work with the Senate to prevent future situations.
I'll bet the panderer loses office!
Greer could have recused himself....I am sure there are other judges that have not been greased by Felos
Alcee Hastings - in Florida - is the only one that comes to mind.
Florida judges ARE subject to a periodic "merit retention" vote.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!
He also broke the guardian ad litum laws.
He also broke the law in preventing DCF from following their legal obligation to investigate allegations of abuse.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0194049.html
Impeachments of Federal Officials
Source: Congressional Directory
The procedure for the impeachment of federal officials is detailed in Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution. The Senate has sat as a court of impeachment in the following cases:
I DIDN'T GO TO ORLANDO ON MONDAY TO VISIT THE MOUSE. At least we got our foot in the door. Let's see how this shakes out.
Oh, I do too. A simple reading of the FL State Constitution clearly says that all public employees - including the county sheriffs - ultimately answer to the governor.
My take is that by planning to use armed resistance to the DCF, they are in rebellion against the state of Florida. At that point the governor should have declared them so and sent in a team capable of restraining them physically.
But, he didn't, and they are still there, essentially running their own little armed camp outside the state and federal laws, apparently beholden only to one judge.
Consider?
That's Florida!
I'm waiting for the real estate bubble to burst down in Key West. Wait till all the AIDs and Alzheimers patients figure it out - they're next! Florida won't pay to take care of them.
That Petition is available on line somewhere.
Looks an awful lot like what they have been continually on showing on Fox with a wider shot showing the balloon her eyes were following...
THe DCF petiton did not go to SCOTUS
J. Greer got a heads up that FDLE was on the way, he did a restraining order that the Sheriff's Dept. would oppose FDLE if they tried to remove Terri's body (Greer does not think of Terri as a person). Jeb's FDLE was halfway there and they turned around. Shoot order, fuzzy on that.
Sheriff only shows up if Jeb's FDLE is on the way to hold them off.
HOWEVER, Pinellas Park PD would NOT imo, stop FDLE, et al coming on behalf of Governor Bush.
If Greer simply issues a court order to bar him from doing so,
won't that end the matter by the precedents we've already seen in
this case?
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It will only work if he has at least one complicitor who gives
hearsay evidence !!! ;-))
The power of impeachment lies solely with the Legislative branch. It does not follow that just because his appeals were upheld he can not be impeached. He might survive, but then again maybe not.
Result of March 38, 2005 meeting in Orlando at Rep. Simmons' office. FV
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