The legislation that Bush signed is even more egregious than what we previously thought, Gruss.
Did you know that the rule explicitly states that "any parent of Theresa Marie Schiavo" has the standing to sue in Federal Court to keep her alive? Read an editorial in that old liberal rag the New York Times this afternoon. I wonder if even the ardent supporters of keeping Ms. Schiavo alive can find a way to defend this particular ruling. How do you reconcile this particular ruling against the concept of "a nation of laws, not of men" ?? How many laws are on the books granting certain rights only to named individuals? > > STATE courts are checked by STATE legislature! > > This is the FEDERAL legislature using the FEDERAL courts to OVERRULE > the STATE courts. > > Put another way, is it your contention that any laws a state > legislature passes, or rulings a state court makes, should be up for > review by federal courts and/or the federal legislature? > > If your answer is "yes" then you are what has been historically called > "a liberal" but what is now called conservative (like Australia). > > If your answer is "no" then you agree with me, favor State's rights, > and are against "federal activists" <-- my new term. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151273 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
