You forgot to mention that the legislation Bush signed passed the House and the Senate.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151092,00.html After working throughout the day and evening on Sunday, the House passed a bill 203-58 overnight Monday to move Schiavo's case to a federal court to determine whether Schiavo's husband, Michael Schiavo (search), or her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler (search), have authority over her fate. Terri Schiavo's parents have fought for seven years in the Florida court system to prevent her death. On Friday, her feeding tube was removed per her husband's wishes and a state court order. All but five of the 161 Republicans present in the House voted for the measure, while the 100 Democrats who attended the vote were nearly evenly split. One hundred seventy-four members did not return from their Easter recess to cast a vote. The Senate unanimously passed an identical bill on Sunday. On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:07:22 -0600, G wrote: > 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. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect Your PC from viruses, hackers, spam and more. Buy PC-cillin with Easy Installation & Support http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=61 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151292 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
