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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.
What this says is too many people in the Florida government back MS and company, or don't want to push it to the limit...he doesn't have enough power to pull it off...
Think about what it says about the government there...and what it says about too many Floridians.
It's not about the right to die.
It's about having the state declare that you should die without any more proof that you wanted this than the hearsay of a person who has a conflict of interest.
Sound a little like Sodom and Gomorrah??
Tragically, yes.
"Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good." Love without hypocrisy, hatred of evil, attaching ourselves to what is righteous.
God tells us to ABHOR evil. We are seeing what is evil and our orders from the Creator of the Universe is to HATE it, with every fiber of our being. And the next step is to express that RIGHTEOUS anger. You are right pollywog, God is NOT pleased.
pattyjo
They are showing snippets of an interview on the nets. If you see the whole interview he says things like "I've done all I can legally do," and "I will not break the law" and such. He looked nervous, defeated and his eyes revealed -- at least to me -- that he knew he had not done everything he could but had backed down. It was a stark contrast to his posture at that press conference the other day. Jeb will do nothing to stop this and the courts will rigidly stonewall.
I can't stand that MSchiavo's family is even allowed in the room with her!! Dear God -- wrong has become right, right has become wrong. Lord, have mercy.
(Crosspost)
I've just returned from Tallahassee
Demi Jones, SoVaDPJ
Posted on 03/25/2005 8:20:50 AM CST by SoVaDPJ
I returned home last night from Tallahassee, where I helped to lobby the Florida Senate to try to convince them to save Terri. I’ve not been registered at FreeRep for very long, so please try to bear with me as I try to tell you what I saw there. (snip)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1370480/posts
If I understand correctly, in Terri's case the DCF has no authority because Terri has a guardian; therefore the DCF has no authority because a judge appointed a guardian over her.
So...if DCF wants to remove a child from an allegedly abusive situation, they can. If you're just a parent, i.e., only God appointed you, then the DCF has the authority to take your child. But if a judge makes you a guardian, the DCF can't touch you.
Have I got that right? If so, parents would do well to arrange, not just living wills, but judge-approved guardianship over their children. Certificates of Guardianship could be issued, and regularly reviewed and renewed for a reasonable fee at the local office... /s
(that's the most profound statement I can make this morning).
FROM BAY NEWS 9: "For the first time in the United States, she is dying by a Court Order" (Family Spokesperson Paul O' Donnell, a Brother from a Monastery in Minnesota).
Amerika is now on the list.
Transcript: Joe Scarborough program talking with Dr. Alan Keyes
http://www.renewamerica.us/archives/media/interviews/05_03_24scarborough.htm
March 24, 2005
JOE SCARBOROUGH, HOST: With me now is former presidential candidate Alan Keyes. He has been fighting with Congress and Terri's parents to help keep her alive. Alan, you just heard the brother of Michael Schiavo. Respond.
ALAN KEYES: Well, I think what we actually have here--I've always thought it kind of strange they would say [don't] get the government involved. The minute the judiciary is involved in something, the government is involved. It's a branch of government.
And in this particular case, it's a branch of government that, in the form of Judge Greer, and now all the other courts, is disregarding a basic right of Terri Schiavo--the right to life that is actually explicitly guaranteed in the Florida Constitution. Article I, Section 2, says that every natural person shall have inalienable rights, among them "the right to enjoy and defend life."
And right now, Jeb Bush is in the spotlight. He is the one who actually has the obligation, by his oath, to support, protect, and defend the Constitution of Florida, and he has to move to protect the integrity of Terri Schaivo's constitutional rights.
SCARBOROUGH: Do you not think he has done enough?
KEYES: Of course not. He hasn't done anything. She is being starved to death!
And the notion that the judge's order keeps him from acting is absurd. Just as the judges have to look at the Constitution, and if a law passed by the legislature is, in their view, not compatible with the Constitution, they don't regard that law and don't apply it.
So, if a judge and the whole judiciary makes a decision that is contrary to the Constitution, in the view of Governor Bush, he has to abide by the Constitution, the higher law, not by the dictate of the judge.
SCARBOROUGH: So, do you think we should have an Elian Gonzalez-type raid, where the governor sends in the National Guard or troops to go in and remove her and put in a feeding tube?
KEYES: I think the governor has to do what is necessary. He has the supreme executive power in the state of Florida. There is no higher executive authority--no executive authority in the state that can challenge him.
And he also is charged, by oath, with supporting, protecting, and defending the Constitution--which is being egregiously violated in this case, because she is being done to death when there is clearly a reasonable doubt as to whether or not this is her will.
That means it's just murder. And murder--whether it is done by the judiciary or somebody else--is still a fundamental contravention of constitutional integrity, and he is sworn to enforce the laws and uphold and defend the Constitution of Florida.
So, he is duty bound to do it, and if he does not, then the responsibility for the outcome rests squarely on his shoulders, because the executive is charged with the power to act. The judiciary can opine. The legislature can legislate. Only Jeb Bush can act to save her life.
If you're still home, you have FR mail.
but there are more righteous people here than were in Sodom!
We have a chance, but we have to keep working.
Anyone, then who knows the the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins. James 4:17
Good luck out there today Floriduh Voter! Stay strong and pray! We will be praying as well!
Yes, we are at a point where those who commit these attocities, are claiming to be on the right side. James King," We all ought to be glad she is going to Heaven"......" Felos, Michael, it is what she wants, a painless, death, .........come on America!!! WAKE UP!!!!
Thank you.
EXCERPT from Joe Scarborough program - Dr. Alan Keyes, Constitutional scholar and former Ambassader speaking:
"That means it's just murder. And murder--whether it is done by the judiciary or somebody else--is still a fundamental contravention of constitutional integrity, and he (Gov. Bush) is sworn to enforce the laws and uphold and defend the Constitution of Florida.
So, he is duty bound to do it, and if he does not, then the responsibility for the outcome rests squarely on his shoulders, because the executive is charged with the power to act. The judiciary can opine. The legislature can legislate. Only Jeb Bush can act to save her life."
Terri's country is murdering her.
Well, it looks like JEb isn't going to do his duty in this. Sad, so sad.
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