John Roberts Discusses Terri Schiavo Case in Senate Conversation

Life News ^ | August 10, 2005 | Steven Ertelt

[tutstar]

A Democratic senator says Supreme Court nominee John Roberts discussed the high profile Terri Schiavo case with him during a meeting the two had on Tuesday. Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, an assisted suicide advocate, says Roberts disagreed with Congress asking courts to take a new look at the case.

Shortly before Terri Schiavo's husband won the right to starve and dehydrate her to death, Congress, with an overwhelming bipartisan vote, asked federal courts to review her parents' case to stop her death.

A federal district judge, appeals court and the Supreme Court ultimately decided against reviewing the case, meaning state courts had the final say. Florida courts sided with Terri's estranged husband Michael Schiavo in allowing Terri's starvation.

Wyden told the New York Times that Roberts, while not addressing Terri's case specifically, told him he disagrees with Congress' vote to require the judicial review.

[Pajamajan]

"A Democratic senator says.."

I'll take this with a LARGE grain of salt considering the source.

[TAdams8591]

They lied about what Roberts said.

[floriduh voter]

I think we can expect to hear Terri's first and last name bandied about through the 2008 election cycle. It's going to be non-partisan posturing on both sides. I for one appreciate that Ralph Nader, David Boies and some others that I don't stand with as a rule thought the feeding tube should go back in and the hydration started up. Nat Hentoff of The Village Voice was an ardent ally of Terri's.

The nine Fla Senate RINOS who voted against Terri, they'll be trying not to mention Terri's name next year. They are disgusting human beings.

[nickcarraway]

I thought Roberts was smart. For anyone up for a Supreme Court seat to utter a word about the Schiavo situation would require an IQ of under 20.

[nicmarlo]

We need to think about improving our underbudget educational system, making better use of our resources, and helping to build a stable, safe, and tolerant global society. It's time to be smart about our politics.

Well, sounds like he's on the liberal side of things, FV....don't much like the sound of "global society"...nor do I think the problem with our educational system is due to it being "underbudget." In fact, I think it's quite bloated. If you keep pouring money into a bucket with holes, that's not going to fix the problem.

[BykrBayb]

Direct link to the audio file of Terri crying when she heard the news about the tube coming out. http://www.apfn.org/audio/terri.mp3

Warning! If you have any morals at all, this will be hard to listen to. If you get off on torturing and murdering disabled people, you'll really enjoy this.

[BykrBayb]

ping to post #46 for audio file of Terri.

[Saundra Duffy]

What's the difference between being starved to death and being dehydrated to death? They killed her.