Posted on 03/24/2005 4:45:17 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
A federal court hearing has started in one of the last effort attempts by Terri Schiavo's parents to restore their daughter's feeding tube.
But the judge already has turned down the parents once. Bob and Mary Schindler are asking for an emergency order to reinsert the feeding tube in the brain-damaged woman.
The hearing in Tampa is before U.S. District Judge James Whittemore. He turned the Schindlers down once, as did a federal appeals court and the Supreme Court. A state judge, a state appeals court and the Florida Supreme Court also have all come down on the side of the husband, who wants to let his wife die after 15 years in what some doctors call a vegetative state.
The latest defeat for the Schindlers was today when a state judge said he won't go along with Governor Jeb Bush's request to order the feeding tube reinserted. The governor had said that new allegations of abuse of Terri Schiavo need to be investigated. The governor also tried to challenged the diagnosis that Terri Schiavo is in a persistent vegetative state.
And again, how convenient for MS that Terri can't speak. Though I'm sure you believe she would be happy with her "husband" living with another woman and having children to boot.
That's strange since more than one nurse said that she gave her juice on a washcloth until Michael stopped it. They were even giving her food through a baby bottle until he stopped that too according to her nurses.
The question was whether or not she had failed swallow tests. She had.
If she can swallow her saliva, she can swallow small amounts of water. There is no difference in the swallow mechanism for each.
What has your job got to do with anything?!
NL You can prattle on all you like about the "Concepts of Estrangement" However satisfying it may be for you, it doesn't change the Facts as they stand.
The Law regarding Marriage and Divorce are fairly clear about when a Marriage begins and when it ends.
Obviously the many courts that have viewed this case have been able to get passed the emotional arguments, rampant demonizations, and rhetoric, seemingly coming to the same conclusions.
Those being that MS is still married to TS, regardless of what Hugh Hewitt postulates.
You are the one personalizing everything. Dr. Wolfson examined her and came to a finding. You posted that because he felt differently it somehow interferred with the medical conclusion he had come to. Not everyone has ulterior motives.
But her "guardian husband" refused to allow her to do that.
There are sworn affidavits,by 2 of Terri's nurses that state clearly that she both could eat and enjoy some solid food,like jello.
Evidence which conveniently Greer refused to consider,except when he issued the supplementary order to specifically prohibit any feeding or hydration by mouth.
Question,If Terri is unable to swallow why is there a need to issue the supplementary order?
Anyone?
Excuse me, but I never said anything about your job. You keep saying that I am "personalizing everything". How am I doing that?!
Beers, Of course, even someone like you could go down and file a Decree of Legal Separation. I mean, you might need to use something besides your normal crayon to fill in the forms, but even you could do it.
However, that wasn't done in this case, Was it?
Notarized affadavits aren't weighted the same as sworn testimony in a court of law. Do try to keep up.
By making claims that cannot be evidenced, i.e., you feel MS is lying.
Greer did a good job keeping out facts that supported Terris right to live. I can see why you seem to admire him so. And recommending Felos to Michael was brilliant!
"Again, you are wrong. You will not be responsible if you show, as you stated, that the debt was run up while being adulterous."
hehehehe I hope, and Pray you never find yourself in a position to test out your fervent beliefs on this.
You might find your Beliefs, and the Law are two entirely different matters
The way you are beating the Marriage Horse, I suggest you run for Probate Judge in Pinellas County, which may have an opening soon.
Married yes, Conflicted yes.
The issue is Conflict of Interest in two instances:
1. Testimony as to 'Terri's wishes.' Many still argue that Greer gave too much weight, with a standard of clear and convincing, to MS's testimony, and
2. Serving as guardian. Neglect and abuse by him is well documented.
Numerous people have sworn testimony that Terri could swallow, sit up, communicate with others, even move on and off the bed pan. I don't call that brain dead. If Michael and his attorney and "doctors" said different they are obviously lying since the nurses are the people who took care of Terri not Michael. He didn't want anyone to take care of her. He wanted her to lie in that bed with no television, not be taken outside, no sunshine in the room, no music, no photos, no flowers, no cards, on and on. Does that sound like someone who loves and cares for his "wife". I think not.
Why don't you state your legal credentials if you want to impeach the statements made by Hewitt regarding the concept of estrangement.So far your only argument is to repeat in rather crude language that there was no divorce in this matter,which no one disputes. But you have yet to argue why MS was not "estranged" from Terri.
No she didn't. He RECOMMENDED the test but it was not done. You seem to be relying on his opinion. An opinion is not a test.
You cannot evidence where he perjured himself in this case.
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