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Florida governor says he doesn't have power from Constitution to intervene Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the man said to be the last hope for Terri Schiavo, says he's powerless to help the brain-injured woman who has been without nourishment for more than nine full days. "I cannot violate a court order," Bush told CNN following Easter church services. "I don't have powers from the United States Constitution or – for that matter from the Florida Constitution – that would allow me to intervene after a decision has been made." To Terri's parents, Bush said, "I can't. I'd love to, but...

It's been pointed out on another thread that the judge in Florida has ordered nothing by mouth for Terri Schiavo.First: Is this true?Second: If so, what is the authority for such an order? Removal of a feeding tube, I can understand, under certain circumstances. This may even be legal in Florida.But nothing by mouth? This is an order to kill her.Where does this power come from? Could he order her shot? Could he order a lethal injection?If not, is it possible that his order is facially illegal?

So there!

A man has been arrested and charged with offering a $250,000 reward for killing Michael Schiavo. Richard Alan Meywes was arrested in Fairview, North Carolina by the FBI and the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office. On March 23, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office forwarded an email to the FBI in Tampa which purportedly offered a $250,000 bounty on "the head of Michael Schiavo." The email placed an additional $50,000 bounty for the elimination of a judge who recently denied a request to intervene in the Schiavo case.

On a heads up during the Hannity and Colmes show, Greta Van Susteren made the announcment that the FBI has made a major arrest in regard to the Terri Schiavo case! Details coming up at 10pm.

ATLANTA - For the third time in four days, Terri Schiavo's parents asked the same federal appeals court to order the reinsertion of their brain-damaged daughter's feeding tube. Their move came hours after a federal judge refused the same request. In their latest appeal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Bob and Mary Schindler argued that their daughter's due process and religious rights were being violated. Attorneys for Schiavo's husband, Michael, have until about 5 p.m. to respond to the appeal. Michael Schiavo has said his wife has no hope for recovery and wouldn't want to be kept alive...