Florida courts no longer needed.

[madfloridian]

In 2000 they were bypassed by the Supreme Court.

In 2003 they are bypassed by the Florida Legislature and Jeb.

It does not matter how I feel about what happened. It was a court decision overturned by the legislature.

[stopthegop]

1. courts enforce the law

they changed the law...makes sense actually...regardless whether you agree with the outcome

[Padraig18]

2. I agree

The court horribly abused the law.

[madfloridian]

3. I don't care either way.

Isn't that called retroactively?

[fishnfla]

4. Jeb Bush once again subverts the democratic process

the public voted for the class size amendment, and he ignores them. now the courts make a ruling and he dont like it, so he steps in.

people are letting their emotions cloud the issue. its tragic and there are the family issues.

But the bigger picture is more scary. another Bush policy ramrod. just like his brother, just like this war shoved down on us.

[Padraig18]

8. I would agree there are family issues.

Like why the loving hubby--- the one who conveniently remembered at the last second that Terri said she 'didn't want to be kept alive that way' (even though no other living sould ever heard her say such a thing)--- never spent a freakin' DIME of the malpractice settlement on her care, and stands to inherit the $700K that he hasn't already spent on his own legal bills, etc.. He wants to 'move on', so why not divorce her? oops, silly me--- if he did that, he wouldn't inherit the $700K when she dies. /sarcasm off

What happened today was unusual, but warranted.

[PaDUer]

5. R E V O L T

eom

[tlcandie]

6. Well Jebbie did say he had something ... up his sleeve .. how did he say

that?

Was it evil, deceptive.. I can't recall atm, but it was very blatant and evidently it wasn't a big deal since he's still here!

:spank:

Yes, I live in Florida and I'm very upset that jebbie was reelected!!

[DemBones DemBones]

7. Governors get to intervene when someone is sentenced to

death by the courts for a crime. Terri Schiavo was sentenced to death by the courts because she's severely disabled, which is not a crime.

I'm glad the governor and the legislature intervened.

[soup]

9. Been thinking about your post,

trying to figure out what it was about it that just didn't sit right. It opened up a lot of questions.

Isn't stay of execution one of the governor's constitutional powers?

Is it written anywhere that the legislature may immediately step in if the courts make a decision (any decision, not just this case) they don't agree with, and write a law more to their liking?

What are the legalities here?

Was the congressional decision to override the court constitutional? Do they have the power to do that? Did they overstep their authority?

Has anything like this happened before?

Now what?

Does it go back to the courts to decide?

Do any of my questions make sense?