I’m going to get blasted for saying this, but this should have been left at the state level. It’s unfortunate. I’m not wholly happy with how it turned out. But individual states have traditionally dealt with this issue.
I’m going to leave politics wholly out of it, as this case has a way of setting people off in all number of directions.
Should it have been left at the state level when the court was in clear violation of the Florida Constitution?
Did you support federal court involvement in the 2000 election when Florida courts violated their own Constitution?
Should state probate judges have the authority to ignore a Congressional subpoena?
Hey, watch it! If such things were kept at the state level, then there might be some consistency in pro-life arguments over Roe v. Wade and there might be some hope of making abortion illegal in some states. And that might put some anti-abortion activists out of a job, so just hush!
“I’m going to get blasted for saying this, but this should have been left at the state level. It’s unfortunate. I’m not wholly happy with how it turned out. But individual states have traditionally dealt with this issue.”
That’s what they said about slavery.
When a state gets so twisted around that it’s killing innocent people, it’s time for the rest of us to step in.
“I’m going to get blasted for saying this, but this should have been left at the state level. It’s unfortunate. I’m not wholly happy with how it turned out. But individual states have traditionally dealt with this issue.”
That’s what they said about slavery.
When a state gets so twisted around that it’s killing innocent people, it’s time for the rest of us to step in.
Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
The only reason the Federal Government should be involved is the equal protection clause of the Constitution. If a disabled person is denied the same protection a less disabled person is granted, then it becomes a Federal issue.
You are absolutely correct that this should have been handled at the State level. Jeb! lost his nerve and asked his Bro’ to bail him out. ON so many levels, the law was violated in Florida by at least one judge and several bureaucrats (including the current beloved Governor Crist) — for that, Terri ended up dead. She is one of many who are being executed in nursing homes and hospices across the country. In Terri’s case, national news was made because her parents wanted to her to live and her husband wanted her dead. Who had the biggest conflict of interest there? Terri was a test case for executing disabled and old people who can’t take care of themselves. There are many cases where families want their loved one alive, but medical and legal forces have gathered against them. In most States, feeding and hydrating someone who can’t do it for herself/himself is now considered a “medical treatment” rather than a basic necessity of life. Thanks to George Soros and all his billions, the euthanasia movement will continue its evil march across the planet, aided and abetted by the ACLU, the Hemlock Society, and our own little PRAVDA/MSM.
Nobody coudld give Terry even a drop of water to keep her from dying.
Nah! It was one of the very few times our Republican led Congress showed any real guts. If they had done so more often they wouldn’t be eating Democrat dust.
The point of the federal government getting involved is that a basic US Constitutionally guaranteed right was being involved: the right to live, or not to be allowed to be killed by the government, which is under the umbrella of the USC.
What you said may have once had merit bout state power, but no longer. States are now mere appendages of the national behemoth and do as they are commanded or permitted. And I don’t have “faith” in state governments either for the most part. Would you believe Ed Rendell or Charlie Crist? Terri was exterminated by big government with the support of the clueless American people.
“But individual states have traditionally dealt with this issue.”
The government (including unelected jurists, state, local or federal), is not allowed to end the life of an innocent and disabled human being. That goes for Terri, unborn children or the elderly.
If you think otherwise, there’s a place for you in China, Russia, Iran, Syria, North Korea, etc.