Should have kept the computer off -
Mar. 28th, 2005 07:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyburgBut, no. I R STOOPID.
The incident, known only to a few, underscores the intense emotion and murky legal terrain that the Schiavo case has created. It also shows that agencies answering directly to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush had planned to use a wrinkle in state law that would have allowed them to legally get around the judge's order. The exception in the law allows public agencies to freeze a judge's order whenever an agency appeals it.
Participants in the high-stakes test of wills, who spoke with The Miami Herald on the condition of anonymity, said they believed the standoff could ultimately have led to a constitutional crisis - and a confrontation between dueling lawmen.
"There were two sets of law enforcement officers facing off, waiting for the other to blink," said one official with knowledge of Thursday morning's activities. In jest, one official said local police discussed "whether we had enough officers to hold off the National Guard."
"It was kind of a showdown on the part of the locals and the state police," the official said. "It was not too long after that Jeb Bush was on TV saying that, evidently, he doesn't have as much authority as people think."
State officials on Friday vigorously denied the notion that any "showdown" occurred.
Of course not. If it didn't happen, you folks did no wrong - and who would be the wiser?
I'm not surprised any more - at all - about any of the insanity coming out of a very small facility in Pinellas Park, Florida.
I'm also under the understanding that the families have radically divergent ideas on what kind of burial/funeral Terri Schiavo is to have when the time comes (go figure) - and legal actions have already been taken to sew it all up.
Ridiculous. Absurd. Repeat.
The incident, known only to a few, underscores the intense emotion and murky legal terrain that the Schiavo case has created. It also shows that agencies answering directly to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush had planned to use a wrinkle in state law that would have allowed them to legally get around the judge's order. The exception in the law allows public agencies to freeze a judge's order whenever an agency appeals it.
Participants in the high-stakes test of wills, who spoke with The Miami Herald on the condition of anonymity, said they believed the standoff could ultimately have led to a constitutional crisis - and a confrontation between dueling lawmen.
"There were two sets of law enforcement officers facing off, waiting for the other to blink," said one official with knowledge of Thursday morning's activities. In jest, one official said local police discussed "whether we had enough officers to hold off the National Guard."
"It was kind of a showdown on the part of the locals and the state police," the official said. "It was not too long after that Jeb Bush was on TV saying that, evidently, he doesn't have as much authority as people think."
State officials on Friday vigorously denied the notion that any "showdown" occurred.
Of course not. If it didn't happen, you folks did no wrong - and who would be the wiser?
I'm not surprised any more - at all - about any of the insanity coming out of a very small facility in Pinellas Park, Florida.
I'm also under the understanding that the families have radically divergent ideas on what kind of burial/funeral Terri Schiavo is to have when the time comes (go figure) - and legal actions have already been taken to sew it all up.
Ridiculous. Absurd. Repeat.
