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To: ruoflaw
"...it is the Judges job to make rulings using those laws to guide them."

And that is just what the judges in this case did. Terri's law was passed after the Court's decisions were handed down. I believe that it will be found unconstitutional.

Terri's law violates the constitution's separation-of-powers clause, the ban on ex post facto laws and the prohibition against enacting special laws. It also sets a perilous precedent for allowing the governor and Legislature to overturn court rulings they don't like.

Article 2, § III of the Florida Constitution states that the powers of the government should be divided into the legislative, executive and judicial branches. "No person belonging to one branch shall exercise any powers appertaining to either of the other branches unless expressly provided herein."

Terri's Law is also a violation of 14th Amendment due process rights to liberty.

267 posted on 01/07/2004 6:39:44 PM PST by daylate-dollarshort
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To: daylate-dollarshort
ref your 267...no they did not let the law guide them... they depended on "he said,she said"...heresay. I also disagree on your separation of powers argument...I think Terri's law may be constitutional....however, it probably doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell with all those liberal Judges and lawyers. I think the Legislature wrote the law to protect Terri because they felt her rights had been taken away from her and that the Judge was not using their prior laws as guidelines. I also disagree with your 14th amendment argument.
276 posted on 01/07/2004 7:27:34 PM PST by ruoflaw
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To: daylate-dollarshort
Terri's law violates ... the ban on ex post facto laws

HAW HAW HAW! Now we really know you're reaching for thin air. That ban only applies to criminal law.

290 posted on 01/07/2004 9:50:53 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck
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