To: Modernman
Juries aren't Constitutionally required in state civil matters.Juries are required in cases where the state may order death. This was one of those cases. Unless, of course, you read the 14th Amendment as only applying to criminals which would be a novel reading.
32 posted on
04/05/2005 2:37:07 PM PDT by
jwalsh07
To: jwalsh07
Juries are required in cases where the state may order death. This was one of those cases. The state was not ordering death. It was simply determining whether TS's legal guardian had the power to order her feeding tube removed.
42 posted on
04/05/2005 2:41:03 PM PDT by
Modernman
("I'm in favor of limited government unless it limits what I want government to do."- dirtboy)
To: jwalsh07
"Juries are required in cases where the state may order death."
Really? Make your argument, counselor. Argue a constitutional right to a jury trial in this case.
I'll get popcorn.
58 posted on
04/05/2005 2:44:16 PM PDT by
lugsoul
(Wild Turkey)
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