Posted on 03/30/2005 4:43:51 PM PST by wagglebee
I think impeaching Greer would send a strong message to activist judges all over the country.
An impeachment will not happen. Too many people want this to just go away.
Someone needs to take the Schindlers and get them some grief counseling.
I'm not defending the judge in any respect. I will not state my opinion of this case.
But these people are really hurting and someone should help them.
Right now, the focus should be on their daughter.
Impeachment of Greer would send a strong message, but it won't happen because not even 50% of the Floriduh legislature could agree to save Terri from his inequitable death sentence. Not impeaching him will send a strong message that activism on the bench is valued by Floriduh society.
Of course anything else that happens to this so called advocate of blind justice should be fair game!
Impeach, convict, and remove bump
We need judicial impeachments to be a normal part of our political life until balance is restored.
'Something' better damn well be done, or it will happen again and again -- until something IS done!
Which political party do the Schindlers vote for? Anybody curious?
No. The Schindlers must continue to grieve for the cameras. The MSM needs to be fed it's sound-bites daily, don'tcha know?
Yet, Jeb Bush and George Bush and others would have "broken the law" to save Terri's life?
And don't argue that "two wrongs do not make a right" while one "right" would have fixed this parade of "wrong". Because it's "law", doesn't make it right. Saving an innocent life is always right.
Activists should have argued this from the getgo, but instead fell for the old liberal 'new law' trick "Hey, the legislature should write a new law to bring before the same judiciary that screwed us to begin with, one that only applies to this case, and doesn't change the substantive law that allowed the judge to do this, either!" Are there ANY cynics in the pro-life activist community with LEGAL TRAINING that couldn't see this coming?
Now we have "aw, let's just get this over with" from the legislature and Congress, and Bush says his hands are tied. Those legislators that were SOOOOO pro-life and SOOOO helpful before are suddenly unreceptive, and the executive can't do diddly because the judges will stop him regardless.
SURPRISE!
It's all a lawyer game. And it will continue to be, regardless of how many people argue this should be Jeb's Andrew Jackson moment, because Jeb Bush will not go down in history as Orville Faubus, which he knows the press would paint him as. Next time--and there will be a next time--the pro-life movement will know better, and hopefully won't bother with worthless law but will be smart enough to use public opinion to change the judiciary that caused this problem.
Until it happens to those who "wanted it to go away".
The "impeachment" of Greer needs to come at the ballot box. My understanding is, that this guy got his judgeship from people simply going in to the voting booth, and just giving a "no brain" vote. The importance of local elections get overlooked, every year. No one gives them a thought until they realize they have elected a bozo or a crook. I love the way they (MSM) keep pointing out that Greer is a Republican. From what I read, it looks like he became one simply to get elected, and once he got his power, others were afraid to oppose him. Not voting Republican in the future because of this awful story, is hardly a solution. Paying more attention to who is getting your vote locally, is one. Beat Greer in the Republican primary!
There's a lot of shuffleboard playing AARP members/geezers down there that might be next...
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