[SoCar]

You are a fool. Jeb has been fantastic and done all that he was legally able to do at perhaps substantial political risk. The Fl Senate and its Repub majority failed by 3 votes (6 of its members) in passing legislation to save Terri. Blame them.

Jeb has been a rock. It was up to the legislature to save Terri. They did not. When the judiciary and the legislative bodies fail to do what I see as their duty, we can not blame the executive branch. They are coequal branches of government. 2 out of 3 have failed here. Jeb should not play dictator, even if he is right. Which he would be.

[Lancey Howard]

They are coequal branches of government. 2 out of 3 have failed here.

Glad to know that the Governor and his Executive Branch have been so successful.

Bunky, you're the fool.

[jwpjr]

I would love to agree with you, but I keep seeing the Florida Statue that gives the executive branch the power to step in and protect an adult who is danger as the result of the action/inaction of others, including bastardly, two-timing, unfaithful husbands who have been appointed guardian. I might be able to overlook his lack of action when the chips are down if he hadn't held that news conference and blustered about his authority, only to have one of the lowest ranking judges in the State he administers back him down. The statue says NOTHING about prior judicial approval for saving a person.

[l.tecolote]

> When the judiciary and the legislative bodies fail to do what I see as their duty, we can not blame the executive branch. They are coequal branches of government.

All governors have a power to pardon and neither the judicial nor the legislative branches have any control over a governor utilizing that option. Terri is under a civil order of execution, with no criminal behavior to take into account as an impediment for granting of a pardon.
Greer has bent, folded, spindled and mutilated Florida laws to achieve this HINO/Felos/Greer triumvar objective of killing Terri. If Jeb Bush is really interested in saving her, he could/should/would copy Greer's MO concerning manipulation of the laws and pardon her. There's no way Greer could find Jeb in contempt for invocation of the time-honored gubernatorial pardon power. So, what's really going on here?