[Swordfished]

and I applaud Obama on his new opinion Congress’s role in the Schiavo case, which is based on constitutional law.

[LilAngel]

What constitution? Obviously not The United States Constitution. It has protections for people against what was done to Terri Schiavo. Failure to recognize her rights does not make her government imposed murder magically constitutional.

[RTO]

Ever read the 14th Amendment?

[fetal heart beats by 21st day]

When the US Constitution was ratified in 1787, it included the Bill of Rights, which declared some specific restrictions on the federal government.

“No person shall...nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;...”

The Fifth Amenment’s Due Process REQUIREMENT of the US Constitution.

Under the Fourteenth Amendment, the Due Process clause was incorporated, making the Due Process clause binding on state governments as well as the federal govt.

The Equal Protection clause was added to ensure its uniform application to all persons, commonly understood throughout history and, until 1973, as human beings.

“...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;

nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

Terri Schiavo was “deprived of life” under a Florida court order.

She was denied equal protection of the law.

The state has no constitutional or moral authority to order innocent people to death.

The federal government has a constitutional duty to defend innocent human life.

Anyone who tells you the state has the right to kill innocent human beings under its state rights umbrella is a liar.

[dbehsman]

and I applaud Obama on his new opinion Congress’s role in the Schiavo case, which is based on constitutional law.

Really? Do you care to point out precisely where in the Constitution it says that a husband has the right to starve his wife to death? Can you please tell us where in the Constitution it says that in controversies involving life and death decisions, we should error to the side of death? Can you please tell us where in the Constitution it says what the IQ level of a person is before they loose their human rights?

I said it before, and I'll say it again. The real fact of the matter is the deathocrats wanted Terri dead so that they could show that they had power over Bush and the Christian community. The libertarians wanted Terri dead so that they could show that they weren't like Bush or the Christian community.

A woman was executed in one of the slowest and cruelest ways imaginable, just to score a cheap political point. The deathbots have just as much blood on their hands as does Michael Schiavo and George Felos. May God have mercy on their souls.

[jwalsh07]

and I applaud Obama on his new opinion Congress’s role in the Schiavo case, which is based on constitutional law.

What part of the Constitution would that be?