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[novapsyche]

I watched CSPAN last night for about half of the debate in the House. It was amazing to hear the Republicans use dripping rhetoric designed to pull on heartstrings, and how Democrats simply stated the fact that Congress had no authority to do what it was intending, and that the Terri Schiavo bill would set a precedent of Congress inserting itself into the entirely private lives of any and every citizen.

Oh, and I love how the story above is titled. A more accurate description would be "Congress circumvents the Constitutional separation of powers."

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"The question is, `Just how far are these government [interveners] willing to go?'" said Randall Marshall, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. "Once there is no longer any avenue of relief, are they done? Do they respect the judicial system?

"If not, then certainly there is a constitutional crisis. When government officials say, 'We will not listen to a decision of the court,' then we have a constitutional crisis."

Comments

[simianpower.livejournal.com]

My friends agree with you.

And so do I. This is stupid, counterproductive to not only the activity of governance but the entire PURPOSE of it, and I'm not sure it's even legal.

[nagisa-kaworu.livejournal.com]

It seems that *whatever* this White House wants to do, it suddenly becomes legal. Too bad Bushie doesn't still smoke pot.