Yer preaching to the choir, TE...I wanted Terri to live, too, and made exactly the same arguments you are raising, but still Terri's life has been trumped. And I'm not too sure Reagan would have reacted that much differently than dubyuh has.
And we'll never know fer sure...MUD
Is our government so impotent and incompetent that a citizen can lose their life before the eyes of the whole world while so many doubts remain unresolved? Mere citizens may nullify the law in a specific case, as jurors, but the Chief Executive Officer, who presides over the branch entrusted with law enforcement, cannot halt an errant case and require an investigation? When Governor Bush expressed his lack of faith in the FL courts and legislature last week by requesting federal assistance that should have been a clear indication that he felt that the federal Constitution has been ignored and violated in a manner that's endemic in the system.
A state of emergency exists here that includes ongoing civil disobediance resulting in children being arrested, people being tasered and other citizens being denied access to their loved ones in Woodside Hospice. The inability of a private citizen's lawyer to present a sound appeal in the face of apparent systemic corruption should not be the excuse for letting this situation continue to spiral out of control while the disabled subject of it all is killed by court order.