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What Is the Cost?

Thursday, March 24th, 2005

Red State Rant, writes today concerning Terry’s fight and the cost of the battle. In the course of the article, there is a reflection on the effects of this struggle between the left and the right on the issue of life.

The writer indicates the right may have gallantly fought the battle, but may have lost the war. The only argument concerning the right possibly losing the war, is the agreement with the statement made by Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday,

“Several voices have been raised against the action of the president and the Congress, and bogus opinion polls circulated. Fine. Anyone who wants to run for office on the basis of that position is welcome to do so.”

The article’s last sentence makes the whole point, as quoted below.

“Then again, maybe as a wise sage (Hoss) told me, this isnt so much about saving Terry or the unborn but saving a judiciary that has failed us all.”


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Sickened

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005

What has our society come to? What has our judiciary come to?

These questions will haunt many for some time to come. We have found three different posts that provide further information on the Terri Schiavo case that is captivating the nation.

Hugh Hewitt, has written 2 posts on this issue. The first entitiled, Endangered Vegetables Get More Protections Than Terri Schiavo. Excerpts are here:

“On such category of special cases is the case where harm is alleged to be imminent to an endangered plant or animal, like the Riverside Fairy Shrimp, the Delhi Sands Flower-loving fly, the Stephens Kangaroo rat, or, yes, Munz’s Onion –a genuine vegetable as opposed to the horrific term that has been thrown around in this case.”

Mr. Hewitt’s second post entitled, In the Spirit of Pontius Pilate: Congress and the President be Damned, Terri gets (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)


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Runaway Judiciary

Sunday, March 20th, 2005

We have not yet posted on the extraordinary measures being implemented to save the life of Terri Schiavo. Currently the US Senate, and US House of Representatives are in the process of passing a bill to force the case to be reviewed by a Federal Appeals Court.

We have found the article written by the Horse Race Blogger to be thoughtful, insightful, and covers the arguments fully here. The article entitled, The Schiavo Case and the Red-Herring of Judicial Supremacy, does a very thorough job of refuting the argument that Congress should not be involved. It is his contention, that the legislative branch has the power, and should exercise that power to over rule the judicial branch in this instance. Here is a small excerpt which should pique your interest in reading the entire article:

“You may not like any of this. You may not (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)


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On the Horizon

Friday, March 18th, 2005

In a Real Clear Politics commentary, today, Thomas Lifson of The American Thinker, has written Judicial Activism’s Perfect Storm.

Lifson predicts a storm brewing and makes some excellent points. Please read the entire article.

It seems all the forces surrounding judicial activism are rapidly reaching hurricane proportions. What makes it a perfect storm is the triangulation of the winds blowing. His major points are the following along with some excerpts:

“The American Public Is Paying Attention
High profile decisions in which judges nakedly impose their preferences have been accumulating at an accelerating pace. It is no longer an unusual occurrence for Americans to turn on their radios or TVs, or log onto the internet to discover that a judge somewhere has concluded that homosexual marriage is a Constitutional right, or that the death penalty for adolescents has become “cruel (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)


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