pssst Gruss that physician (Dr. Linda Emanuel) had not examined Terri Shiavo. Nor do we know that she was a trained neurologist, so she does not pass the Larry test. Most important though, she was only talking about patients who do have PVS and therefore you can't cite her to prove that Terri Shiavo in particular does have PVS.
The other NPR stories added no additional information not on the terrisfight website. As to your issue here: 'Justice John Paul Stevens, long a proponent of disability rights, countered, "The fact that state remedies exist, it doesn't mean discrimination is not taking place." ' http://edition.cnn.com/2000/LAW/10/12/scotus.alabama.garrett/ This is from a 2000 Supreme Court case about disabilities. When civil rights are an issue, yes, the federal courts do step in. Dana On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:55:10 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > It's called separation of powers. In your little world you want the > > black robes to rule absolutely. > > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151274 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
