When Greer issued the execution order, he stepped outside the boundaries of what a probate judge is allowed to do, but not one other rubber stamptrooper in black robes bothered to address that wrong, so now probate judges can execute persons without the standard of 'beyond a reasonable doubt'. ... And there are Freepers who insist the wrongs were the Congress getting involved, sheesh.
And there are Freepers who insist the wrongs were the Congress getting involved, sheesh.
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Yeah . . . it's enough to make you wish that passing a basic intelligence test was a requirement for obtaining FReeper posting privileges, eh ??? ;-))
"When Greer issued the execution order, he stepped outside the boundaries of what a probate judge is allowed to do, but not one other rubber stamptrooper in black robes bothered to address that wrong, so now probate judges can execute persons without the standard of 'beyond a reasonable doubt'. "
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I noticed that too and is horrified at this.
"And there are Freepers who insist the wrongs were the Congress getting involved, sheesh"
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Ann Coulter put it in context:
"Also on the pro-killing side are conservatives still pissed off about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 who are desperately hoping to be elected "most consistent constitutionalist" by their local Federalist Society chapters.
You can't grow peanuts on your own land or install a toilet capable of disposing two tissues in one flush because of federal government intervention. But Congress demands a review of the process that goes into a governmental determination to kill an innocent American woman — and that goes too far!
It's not a radical extension of current constitutional doctrines — even the legitimate ones! — for the federal government to assert a constitutional right to life that cannot be denied without due process of law under the Fifth and 14th Amendments. Congress didn't ask for much, just the same due process John Wayne Gacy got.
But people even stupider than lawyers have picked up on the vague rumblings from "most consistent constitutionalist" aspirants and begun to claim that Congress' action is an affront to "limited government."
http://www.anncoulter.org/cgi-local/article.cgi?article=48