Comments on: Federal Judge Refuses to Reinsert Schiavo Feeding Tube

By: Kathy K

Kathy K — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:18:53 +0000

Seeing if I can post Terri's Guardian's view all by itself. Ok... it was the combination of that one with something else.

By: Secure Liberty

Secure Liberty — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:17:27 +0000

Schiavo Judge Won't Order Tube Reinserted Judge Whitmore refused to order Terri Schiavo's feeding tube to be reinserted. (H/T Wizbang) A federal judge on Tuesday refused to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, denying an emergency request from the brain-damaged woman's par...

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:11:21 +0000

Expected but wrong. The statute said he was not to defer to the prior court state rulings, yet if you read the opinion, he clearly did so. You know rule of law also means judges follow the laws given to them.

By: Anomalocaris

Anomalocaris — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:05:48 +0000

I found these stories helpful.

Understanding and misunderstanding persistent vegetative state: Censored. This system will not permit this link to a page of The New York Times.

History of Schiavo case: http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/infopage.html

Terri's Guardian's view: Censored. This system will not permit this link to a page of the Knight Ridder Washington Bureau.

By: Good Richard's Almanac

Good Richard's Almanac — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:58:05 +0000

Forced starvation is a wonderful thing As reported everywhere, U.S. District Judge James Whittemore wrote that Terri Schiavo's "life and liberty interests" had been protected. Despite "these difficult and time strained circumstances," he wrote, "this court is constrained to apply the ...

By: La Shawn Barber's Corner

La Shawn Barber's Corner — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:09:02 +0000

Life
There are a few points I want to touch on today.

It should be understood that Congress has the authority to remove jurisdiction of cases from state courts to federal courts. Article III of the U.S. Constitution gives the legislature the power to do ...

By: Overtaken by Events

Overtaken by Events — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:56:06 +0000

Just About Perfect
If only more in the blogosphere would adopt the philosophy expressed by Eugene Volokh in the first line of this...

By: GOP Bloggers

GOP Bloggers — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:49:58 +0000

Open Thread: Judge Won't Order Schiavo Tube Reinserted From the Associated Press: A federal judge on Tuesday refused to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, denying an emergency request from the brain-damaged woman's parents that had been debated in Congress and backed by the White Hous...

By: Tig

Tig — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:20:53 +0000

I ended up making some remark about the case on three different occasions during yesterday's run of posting, ending on what I thought was a superb piece of impromptu writing/channeling?????

By: JackLewis.net

JackLewis.net — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:17:27 +0000

Clinton nominated judge rules for death
FoxNews is reporting that the Klintoon appointed Federal judge assigned the Terri Schiavo case has refused to stay her execution...

By: bryan

bryan — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:06:24 +0000

The judge is not deciding whether Terri Schiavo "should" die. Rather, he's looking at the law and finding that Terri's expressed will, as demonstrated by the husband to numerous Florida courts, to die should be upheld and that the claims made by the Schindlers are unlikely to prevail after a full trial. Pot-A-to, Pot-ah-to, James.

By: Gay Orbit

Gay Orbit — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:25:17 +0000

Michael Schiavo: How Do They Know? Michael Schiavo has had enough. I don't blame him:"Come down, President Bush," Schiavo said in a telephone interview. "Come talk to me. Meet my wife. Talk to my wife and see if you get an answer. Ask her to lift her arm to shake your hand. She won...

By: Overtaken by Events

Overtaken by Events — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:48:56 +0000

Not Overtaken, Just Over
It appears as if all of the frenzied activity was for naught. A federal judge on Tuesday refused to order...

By: Ramblings' Journal

Ramblings' Journal — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:26:45 +0000

Federal judge refuses to allow Schiavo's feeding tube to be reinserted A federal judge in Florida has refused this morning to allow Terri Schiavo's feeding tube to be reinserted.The ruling, handed down at about 6:30 this morning, denies the emergency request from lawyers representing Schiavo's parents.U.S. District Judg...