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Posted on 03/25/2005 12:17:45 AM PST by STARWISE
Judge George Greer ruled that the State of Florida has no right to take custody of Terri Schiavo, which ruling came hours after an appeal by Terri's parents to re-insert the feeding tube was refused by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, another hearing was scheduled tonight before US District Judge James D. Whittemore .. the same judge who previously heard and denied the request subsequent to the 'de novo' intention of the law past last weekend by the Congress and signed by President Bush, in an effort to confirm that no stone was left unturned before Terri would endure legally sanctioned dehydration until death.
Sounds good to me.!
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURT OPINION ON THE DRED SCOTT CASE
Dred Scott's case holds a unique place in American constitutional history as an example of the Supreme Court trying to impose a judicial solution on a political problem. It called down enormous criticism on the Court and on Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney; a later chief justice, Charles Evans Hughes, described it as a great "self-inflicted wound."
Scott, born a slave, had been taken by his master, an army surgeon, into the free portion of the Louisiana territory. Upon his master's death, Scott sued for his freedom, on the grounds that since slavery was outlawed in the free territory, he had become a free man there, and "once free always free." The argument was rejected by a Missouri court, but Scott and his white supporters managed to get the case into federal court, where the issue was simply whether a slave had standing -- that is, the legal right -- to sue in a federal court. So the first question the Supreme Court had to decide was whether it had jurisdiction. If Scott had standing, then the Court had jurisdiction, and the justices could go on to decide the merits of his claim. But if, as a slave, Scott did not have standing, then the Court could dismiss the suit for lack of jurisdiction.
The Court ruled that Scott, as a slave, could not exercise the prerogative of a free citizen to sue in federal court. That should have been the end of the case, but Chief Justice Taney and the other southern sympathizers on the Court hoped that a definitive ruling would settle the issue of slavery in the territories once and for all. So they went on to rule that the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was unconstitutional since Congress could not forbid citizens from taking their property, i.e., slaves, into any territory owned by the United States. A slave, Taney ruled, was property, nothing more, and could never be a citizen.
The South, of course, welcomed the ruling, but in the North it raised a storm of protest and scorn. It helped create the Republican Party, and disgust at the decision may have played a role in the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
For further reading: Don E. Fehrenbacher, The Dred Scott Case (1978); Walter Ehrlich, They Have No Rights: Dred Scott's Struggle for Freedom (1979).
There will be a price to pay for this judicial tyranny.
"Let us not talk falsely now--the hour is getting late."
Roy Benavidez CMH winner whose hands moved so fast making the sign of the cross "I looked like an airplane prop"--
Fifty wounds, saved his wounded buddies, directed fire at the enemy--and practiced his faith--
He would later say, "Hero? No, just doing my duty."
new map...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
graaaamaaaa!!!!!!!
Wel, hopefully it gave him something to think about!
Bump!
Good night and Happy Easter.
Pray for Terri.
So! I sit here looking at YOUR name, wondering HOW do I do the same with yours? LOL!!!!
Night to you too!
Sleep well.
Goodnight, awestuck. :)
kiiiiiiidooooo? LOL
Excellent post Adamskiddo!!
Terri has already recovered, much more than we know. Felos and husband tries their best to keep it a secret. Terri is so precious to me. I love her so much.
You are so right about life. If our society continues this trend, of the ridiculous * quality of life * agrguement, our country will go down the drain. Today and last night Chris Matthews had a complete ghoul on his show. He was spewing out that garbage of quality of life.
Last night I watched him, but I could not tonight. His eyes were void of any light. There masks are off now. They think they can play God and decide who lives or dies.
I'm gonna get to bed. Have hardly slept much at all this past few weeks.
Nite.
Bump!
don't ever remember I time in my life when I prayed and was in so much agony for such long time. My agony is nothing compared to what The Shinders have been put thru. All our collective agonies are nothing compared to what God has done in the sacrificing of HIS beloved Son for us. One thing is for sure,I am walking much closer than I was.
This has been my experience, exactly.
Nope. Won't work. There's no "k's" in SvdByFaith.
Plan B......???
AMEN!
I agree, I'm proud of them, too.
Good night, mj. Time for me to go to bed, too. Good night,all.
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