Posted on 03/21/2005 2:45:19 PM PST by AntiGuv
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) -- Armed with a new law rushed through Congress over the weekend, the attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents pleaded with a judge Monday to order the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube reinserted.
U.S. District Judge James Whittemore did not immediately make a ruling after the two-hour hearing, and he gave no indication on when he might act on the request.
The hearing came three days after the feeding tube was removed. Doctors have said Schiavo could survive one to two weeks without the tube.
During the hearing, David Gibbs, an attorney for the parents, said that forcing Terri Schiavo to die by starvation and dehydration would be "a mortal sin" under her Roman Catholic beliefs.
"It is a complete violation to her rights and to her religious liberty, to force her in a position of refusing nutrition," Gibbs told Whittemore.
But the judge told Gibbs that he still wasn't completely sold on the argument. "I think you'd be hard-pressed to convince me that you have a substantial likelihood" of the parents' lawsuit succeeding, the judge said.
George Felos, one of the attorneys for husband Michael Schiavo, told Whittemore that the case has been aired thoroughly in state courts and that forcing the 41-year-old severely brain damaged woman to endure another re-insertion of the tube would violate her civil rights.
"Every possible issue has been raised and re-raised, litigated and re-litigated," Felos said. "It's the elongation of these proceedings that have violated Mrs. Schiavo's due process rights."
Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed at 1:45 p.m. Friday, the third such time she had begun what Felos described as "her dying process." On both previous occasions, the tube was re-inserted by court order.
Torie,
You should have your mouth washed out with soap for writing that language! Okay. Maybe slosh around a little grape juice.
That entire think made no sense. To me. (Truth in advertising.)
And we the people should enact justice against these scum. Are you with me?
PistolPaknMama,
If the judge did say a comment along the lines of how long Terri lasted last time and that he has time, I'm thinking (not a lawyer!) that it shows clear prejudicial disregard for the life of the plaintiff. I don't think I said it correctly, but I believe you can get the gist of it.
"Like I give a SH*T if it's constitutional."
That, my friend, is not a conservative statement.
I believe it's been put on hold until this judge makes his decision. My Lord. What twisted, perverted minds.
"I have propoosed a law, which will not be passed."
How do you PROPOOSE a law?
He has already decided but he is too much of a coward to put the gun to her head so he will let her starve to death. Let his name be blotted out.
Sound legal analysis. There's no there there. We've been subjected to an enormous and a cynical political power ploy by the pirates of Congress duping a willing bunch of extremist on the Right.
The injunction standard is really inapplicable here. Instead the judge should require Terri's feeding tube to be reinserted to preserve the most important piece of evidence in the case, Terri herself. If a defendant deliberately sets out to destroy the most important piece of evidence in any other Federal case the judge has the inherent power immediately to order the defendant to cease and that the evidence be preserved pending the outcome of the case, even if it doesn't look like the plaintiff will prevail.
If I had the money I would order side after side of beef to be delivered to that person's home.
Until he was absolutely sick of beef and couldn't give it away fast enough.
Then I would add fish to it.
Then pork and chicken.
I would want him to be repulsed (by his own will, mind you) by the very sight of the food he denied to Terri.
And it can be done, just that way.
And I do not think it's considered cruel and unusual punishement.
(Yes. I'll have to deal with the Lord, dealing with me.)
For her to have "asked" for it -- for it to be done on her "wishes" -- would have been such a sin, in Catholic theology.
Excellent point. Keep informing and praying. I'm going to go lead the family in prayer for Terri.
Thanks for lifting my spirits once again Freepers, it's been a while since I've tuned in. God bless.
"Beam her up, Scottie!"
May not be? MAY NOT?
Evert Federal judge in the country knows that Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Kennedy and Breyer would pull Terri's tube out with their own hands.
You can be sure that any Federal judge will rule accordingly.
Her only hope was executive action. Congress was a sideshow.
Suicide. It's considered the worst sin - because it's of despair and cannot be undone.
It is a view held by the Catholic church and many Christians, along with non-Christians.
Thank you. Was afraid I'd get my little 'finners' slapped!
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