Terri Schiavo's tube will be reinserted soon

Dead · #1 03-21-2005, 01:39 AM

The Congress is passing the bill now, and the president will probably sign it early this morning.

Then Terri will be driven back to the hospital and her feeding tube will be re-inserted.

She has been without food for more than 2 days now.

slickpoppa · #2 03-21-2005, 02:16 AM

I feel much better now that Congress has shown that they know more about what a woman wants than her husband.

slickpoppa · #3 03-21-2005, 02:22 AM

I have not read the bill yet, but if it only applies to Schiavo, then it is likely overstepping Congress' power to regulate interstate commerce.

fluxrad · #4 03-21-2005, 02:27 AM

Some might call it "congressional activism"

Of course, it's not at all activism when Republicans do something that Republcians want done.

Ever.

Zygote · #5 03-21-2005, 02:35 AM

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Some might call it "congressional activism"

Of course, it's not at all activism when Republicans do something that Republcians want done.

Ever.

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very good point; that is often overlooked.

sirio11 · #6 03-21-2005, 03:01 AM

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I feel much better now that Congress has shown that they know more about what a woman wants than her husband.

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Nope, they just showed than they know better than the courts in Florida. A scary thought for all the states.

microbet · #7 03-21-2005, 03:13 AM

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Some might call it "congressional activism"

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As in, 'actively avoiding the issues they are supposed to be dealing with like the war and social security' or 'actively pandering to their religious voters who respond to these hot button issues' or 'actively addressing an issue that gets a lot of media attention (see steriods in baseball)'.

Broken Glass Can · #8 03-21-2005, 07:30 AM

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Some might call it "congressional activism"

Of course, it's not at all activism when Republicans do something that Republcians want done.

Ever.

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First point:

Congress is the political branch, activism is OK, indeed good.

Court activism is bad (they are not supposed to be political)

Second Point:

Bush won Florida in 2000 in part because the Clinton Administration did not value the freedom of Elian Gonzales. If keeping Terri alive helps JEB in 2008, then so be it.

partygirluk · #9 03-21-2005, 07:50 AM

I don't know enough about this individual case to comment, but changing the law because of an individual case is bad longterm governance.

zaxx19 · #10 03-21-2005, 10:49 AM

See the Dred Scott decision a high mark in American Jurisprudence.... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]