Disagree.
The whole situation was a travesty of justice, but should have been handled, or mishandled, at the state level. There is no real justification in the Constitution for bumping it up to the federal level.
Similarly, abortion should be a state not a federal issue. Which in today's world probably means abortion at will in the majority of states.
Sad, but federalism also means leaving states the right to do wrong.
The right to life is the basic right upon which our country is founded. It is ALWAYS a federal issue when someone is denied the right to life without fair trial. Terri was murdered by her "husband" with the state being an accomplice.
Similarly, abortion should be a state not a federal issue. Which in today's world probably means abortion at will in the majority of states.
Life is an inalienable right. The federal government is founded on that right. Protecting life from unjust denial is a federal responsibility.
Sad, but federalism also means leaving states the right to do wrong.
Surely you are not advocating that the states have the authority to deny life to the citizens of these united States without trial (as was done to Terri) are you?
Thanks for your input.
The state of Florida did have the primary responsibility and should have dealt with its out of control judge and a man whose relationship with another woman was leading him to put his wife to death.
In 1960 national and state Democrats worked together for political expediency to get around a local judge’s decision and release Martin Luther King from jail.
The whole weight of the national Republicans should have bore down on its local elements in Florida to save Terri’s life. I think there would have been benefits for Republicans politically. Instead from 2005 on it was pretty downhill for the GOP.
JFK was reluctant to do much of anything in 1961 with the Freedom Riders but his liberal and black supporters would not have tolerated the deaths of protestors in Alabama.
He sent in a lightly armed force all the while begging the governor of Alabama to take over responsibility which the governor did within hours of the feds arrival.