Well, I'll burn up your straw man, if you insist.
If Congress did such an unconstitutional thing, they would need to be resisted by every other branch of government, and by every citizen. They would have made themselves lawless.
And that's the point in Terri's case. A local judge issued a literal death warrant, to be carried out by cruel and unusual means. Every individual who had raised their hand and sworn to uphold the constitution had an obligation to resist such an unconstitutional act with all their power and might.
Again the Federal Government had no business being involved in the Schiavo case....
"And that's the point in Terri's case. A local judge issued a literal death warrant, to be carried out by cruel and unusual means. Every individual who had raised their hand and sworn to uphold the constitution had an obligation to resist such an unconstitutional act with all their power and might."
And we (myself included) did not follow through on our obligation, and Terri died as a direct result. My excuse is that I live in Oklahoma, not Florida, but that is all it is. We should have stopped that unlawful execution, by force of arms if necessary.