The American Bar Association chimes in on Schiavo case:

[Seabiscuit]

Congressional action raises troubling constitutional issues:

http://www.abanet.org/journal/ereport/m25schiavo.html

[Yosie]

1. The Bush Conservatives do not want "strict constructionists"

--the "strict constructionists" have decided against them. They want compliant "fellow travelers" like AG Gonzales who "give them what they want --- no questions asked."

With everything Director Hoover and Senator (Joseph) McCarthy hollered about - the threat to American comes from the spiritual descendants of Director Hoover and Senator (Joseph) McCarthy.

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2. bingo

[Spazito]

3. Good article on the civics aspects of the Schiavo case (Canada)

Here is an article from Canada on the civics aspect of the Schiavo case:

Terri Schiavo case transforms civics-class abstractions into reality

WASHINGTON (AP) - Terri Schiavo's case has put lofty principles of American government through an extreme workout. In a life-or-death drama that has ricocheted between courthouses and capitols, abstract terms such as the separation of powers, checks and balances and federalism have become painfully real.

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The battle, like many public policy disputes, has been tangled in politics and snarled in finger-pointing. But beyond that, it has been a rare display of all the institutions of democracy at work at the same time.

Not a pretty sight, says Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University.

"It is in fact an object lesson on democracy; it just doesn't happen to be a good lesson," he said.

more

http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=83b0acc5-d193-4b6d-8a5e-9b8cfeda5c4e

[Discord]

4. they only want fundamentalist christian judges

who will ignore the law whenever it goes against thier extreme religious beliefs.

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