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.
This is a sad moment because I don't think there is other recourse inside the law either.
Several thoughts all ran through my mind.
Couldn't put a single one of them down. (my fault)
Of course it should be criminal.
But get no one, and I mean NO ONE seems to be interested in doing the proper investigation.
What happened with that federal court hearing this afternoon? I haven't heard anything.
If that Living Will had been a contract for property, it would be ruled unconscionable. Sorry to hear of that awful experience. No wonder there is such an uproar over this case. It has the potential to upset the status quo of death by starvation.
The more advance directives there are, the more death by starvation there will be. And all the media is advocating everybody to go get an advance directive!!
Well we will just have to stand by for this next latest and greatest prediction, don't we?
Slime
Jesus said
Those who hate me love death.
This is what we are still waiting for...
I know. This has left a dreadful wound on my soul.
You're right. About 10 minutes ago he said the decision had been made and the Schindlers had been denied. Now Hannity is saying they're still awaiting the district court decision. Sorry for the confusion.
Hint:
Clear, invisible ear plugs.
Darn that pesky 14th Amendment!
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; 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."
An act of the Federal governement to enforce that verbiage is not a transgression of State's rights.
I got so mad at Colmes last night I turned that whole show off permanently! He is slime IMHO!
I agree that the representation was subpar,but I don't think Gibbs has been milking them for money.When the ACLU came in, he was overmatched he should have recognized it and sought help or refer it to more experienced counsel.
Do you think I would get banned for telling someone where they can go?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.