House GOP Files Supreme Court Brief On Schiavo (3\23 - UPI)

[WillyT]

Sorry about the sourcing, but didn't see it anywhere else in the Google Search.

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Washington, DC, Mar. 23 (UPI) -- House GOP leaders seeking one last chance to intervene in the case of a brain damaged Florida women filed a brief with the Supreme Court Wednesday.

The Roll Call newspaper reported that following Wednesday's rebuff of the efforts of Terri Schiavo's parents to have her feeding tube reinserted and case reviewed, Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois, Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas, and others filed a brief with the court similar to one filed with Atlanta's 11th Circuit prior to their ruling in the case.

The move comes after GOP lawmakers made the extraordinary move of pushing legislation through the House this past weekend allowing the Tampa women's parents to pursue their case in federal courts. That came after Florida state courts supported the right of Schiavo's husband to have her feeding tube removed after 15 years.

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Link: http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050323-051313-8081r.htm

Man, these guys are gonna drag it all the way down, no???

[KC21304]

1. They want to be able to say they kept fighting for her

until she died. I'm sure they are privately hoping she gets on with it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Yup. Preferably on Good Friday.

Then they can go on about how the godless Democrats killed her. And once the most deranged of the fundie freepers start seeing her image in tree bark and on grilled cheese sandwiches, Congress can petition the Vatican to make her a saint. What a bunch of crackpots.

[VegasWolf]

13. Yep! That's what I saw on FrepRep. " If the Dems don't want to abort

you, they want to tax you to death." No fucking middle ground.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Somebody please tell me why those f*ckwits think they have legal standing

to intervene in ANY litigation involving Terri Schiavo.

[Gman]

3. Standing doesn't matter

it's all about politics and red meat to their base, the fundies.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Bingo, but hte harder they push

the nuttier they seem

So over here I am rooting for the craziness to continue, since this politiizatiion of somtething that should have never gone there is actually horrifying middle america

I mean it could be ME... and it is always about ME for msot addled muricans

[classof56]

7. Is there no way we can make them understand...

There's more of US than the fundies???

I'm signing MoveOn petitions and anything else that comes my way to get the message out. Are they really that clueless?? Alas, I fear they are...

Tired Old Cynic

[aquart]

11. Yeah, but.......

The miracle of the religious bigots is their cover story for vote theft. If they ain't got the religious bigots, people might actually wonder where those funny numbers come from.

[rodeodance]

8. can they do in the name of Congress???

[asjr]

10. Fools seem to think they can do anything.

[napi21]

5. Oh, that's easy! They are the NEW Pug party leaders!

The party controls everything, so they can do whatever they want!

[DetroitDem]

9. let them hear it

I wish that SCOTUS would hear the case and put this to bed for once and all. Say the tube can't restore becuase the is law unconsitutional that Congress has no right to pass a law with respect to the end of life issues an individual person

[Rose Siding]

12. The new Entertainment Tonight version of the One Party Government

All for one poor already-gone woman.

I can't wait for the next right track/wrong track poll.

[maddezmom]

14. AP mentions the same

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Republican leaders refused to give up entirely. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and four other Republicans filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the Supreme Court late Wednesday, saying the bill Congress passed last weekend clearly intended for Schiavo to be reconnected to her tube.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050324/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_schiavo_1

[saigon68]

15. A Bunch of Fundy Whack Jobs out to push a weird hateful control

Of individuals for their own lust for Power. and Riches