DeLay seeks congressional review of Schiavo case

[maddezmom]

32 minutes ago Politics - Reuters



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who denounced judges involved in the court battle over Terri Schiavo, said on Wednesday he has requested a congressional review of the brain-damaged woman's "right-to-die" case.

The House Judiciary Committee could seek to impeach those judges, but that seems highly unlikely as even many of DeLay's fellow Republicans have voiced opposition to that option.


DeLay, a Texas Republican, declined to say if he believed any of the judges should be impeached but told his weekly news conference, "I've asked the Judiciary Committee to look at the case and the actions of the federal judiciary and make their recommendations."


Recommendations could include legislation on the jurisdiction of federal courts in "right-to-die" cases or, as a likely first step, a hearing on how the courts handled Schiavo. The Florida woman, who suffered severe brain damage 15 years ago, died last month following the court-ordered removal of her feeding tube amid a bitter family dispute.

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more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&ncid=584&e=1&u=/nm/20050413/pl_nm/congress_delay_dc

[hobbit709]

1. Anything

to divert attention from the corruption scandal.

[TexasSissy]

2. You hit the nail on the head on that one. I hope we hear some Dem.

leaders on TV pointing that out in a STRONG way.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Some of us are enjoying the tasty

:popcorn:

Here you go, and keep proverbs away from Tomy.

[grytpype]

6. Even Republican congressmen agree with you!!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1944-2005Mar25.html

"The lawmaker said that DeLay 'wanted to follow through' but added that many House Republicans were dubious and suspected that the leader's ethics problems were a motivating factor." !!!!!

[fishnfla]

4. Cool! More Federal trodding on states rights!

Thanks Tom! :hi: You never learn, do ya' boy?

Y'all should investigate her husband too. Stick it in there where y'all aint belonging.

[Beetwasher]

5. He's Riding That Bomb All The Way to Impact! YEEEEHAAAAWWW!

Look out below!

[grytpype]

7. Waaaaaaahoooooo!

[Beetwasher]

8. 'Zacly!

:thumbsup:

[slackmaster]

10. Great analogy

Slim Pickens was the real deal. DeLay is all hat and no cattle.

[NV Whino]

9. Geez, talk about brain dead. n/t

[merwin]

11. Wasn't he the one who wanted it in federal courts IN THE FIRST PLACE?!

Talk about a major flip-flop.

[Strawman]

12. so Congress investigates judges who uphold the law

and lets congressional leaders who wantonly violate the rules off the hook. nice.

[Selteri]

13. Heh, funny funny.

Use the courts but yell about them for not going the way you want, he's not just a hypocrit, he needs to be removed from the Senate.

Judges - Upheld Constitutional Law

Delay - Wants to change the constitution so Judges do what he wants them to or he'll attack them.


Gee, hard to tell who the enemy of freedom is there :sarcasm:

[NashVegas]

14. Majority Leader Asks House Panel to Review Judges

Deflecting all questions about his ethical conduct and political future, Representative Tom DeLay, the House majority leader, on Wednesday stepped up his crusade against judges, announcing that he had instructed the Judiciary Committee to investigate federal court decisions in the Terri Schiavo case and to recommend possible legislation.

At a crowded news conference, Mr. DeLay said he would not entertain questions about his political activities. It was his first question-and-answer session with reporters since one fellow Republican, Representative Christopher Shays of Connecticut, called for him to resign his leadership post and another, Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, said he should explain himself to the American people.

....
Mr. DeLay was not specific about what legislative changes, if any, he would like to see emerge from the Judiciary Committee's review. But in announcing that he had asked Representative F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., a Wisconsin Republican and the committee chairman, to examine the actions of federal judges in the Schiavo case, Mr. DeLay said the House had previously passed legislation limiting the jurisdiction of the courts and breaking up the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a bill that died in the Senate.

http://nytimes.com/2005/04/14/politics/14delay.html


He's really going to go down flaming, ain't he?

[Catch22Dem]

15. He's done...

No credibility, no clout, no nothing. The only thing that could be better than this is if he drags some of his cohorts down with him.

[Erika]

16. He just doesn't get it.

We want an independent Judiciary not another arm of the far right.

The American people have stated that loud and clearly.

[Voltaire99]

17. Beats working!

Hey, I'm available to review the Schiavo case for $100k a year and lobster lunches with oil lobbyists, too!

[struggle4progress]

18. Congress should investigate DeLay's heartless slaughter of his own father.