{"id":1129,"date":"2004-09-30T10:30:18","date_gmt":"2004-09-30T18:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/09\/30\/civilization-1-theocracy-0-terris-law-stuck-down-by-court\/"},"modified":"2004-09-30T10:30:18","modified_gmt":"2004-09-30T18:30:18","slug":"civilization-1-theocracy-0-terris-law-stuck-down-by-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1129","title":{"rendered":"Civilization 1, Theocracy 0: "Terri's Law" stuck down by court"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve written here about Terri Schiavo – a woman in Florida whose mind has long since died, but whose body is being kept alive at the insistence of Terri’s parents, and over the objections of Terri’s husband – a few times. After a court ruled against Terri’s parents, the Florida legislature – kow-towing to the Christian right – passed a law saying that Jeb Bush could overturn the court’s decision. In an earlier post, I wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I think the precedent set by this case, if “Terri’s law” isn’t struck down by the courts, is awful. It’s saying that when a family, or a court, makes a decision the Christian right doesn’t agree with, right-wing legislators and governors have the right to overturn that decision by fiat.<\/div>\n

Happily, as Prometheus 6 reports<\/a>, the Florida Supreme Court has now overturned “Terri’s Law.” This doesn’t mean that Terri Schiavo’s mindless body <\/a>will finally be allowed to die, because there are still ongoing court cases; but it does establish that the executive branch doesn’t have the right to overturn any court decision Jeb Bush disagrees with.<\/p>\n

(For folks wanting more information about Terri’s law and the Terri Schiavo case, here are some useful links<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

UPDATE: I just now ran into this series of truly excellent posts on the Terri Schiavo case, over on RangelMD.com<\/a>. Required reading, especially if you’re interested in the medical aspects of this debate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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