"Lest we forget, the judge ordered Terri to die. He did not simply say Michael Schiavo could pull a feeding tube. He said Michael Schiavo SHALL deny her food and water. "Shall," under the law, is a mandatory requirement.
That is a death sentence.Can it be that, simply because she was innocent, she is not worthy of the executive power to have her rights restored."
I agree that the governor may have been able to do more, but didn't he already intervene on her behalf before only to be overturned?
ONe thing for sure if this is an execution it's the longest one in our history.
In a press conference days ago, Jeb Bush invoked Florida Statute 415.1051, which authorized the state to take custody of a vulnerable adult. He, in fact, was ready to enforce that law, until the judge ordered him NOT to follow the law.
The judge even ordered sheriffs to arrest anyone (even the governor) who might try to obey the Florida Statute--despite the fact that a judge has no law enforcement power.
Ordering disobedience to the law is, by definition, illegal. Usurping the power of another branch is also prohibited by Article IIII, Section 4, of the Florida Constitution. Such threats and orders could and should have been set aside by the executive, whose duty is to the Constitution, not a judge.
ONe thing for sure if this is an execution it's the longest one in our history.
Which makes it all the more cruel and unusual. And WRONG.