[Marxism] Award for Judge in Schiavo case...

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[I suppose this proves Walter L.'s argument that the Schiavo case was a 
republican
conspiracy! (coordinated effort perhaps? or was  Greer the Democrats? mole?)]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/rights_schiavo_judge_dc
Award for judge in Schiavo case criticized
By Robert Green 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Reuters) - The Florida judge who presided over the
politically and emotionally charged Terri Schiavo case received a special award
from a local legal association on Thursday, prompting more controversy.
Judge George Greer received the West Pasco Bar Association's Special Justice
Award for his integrity and professionalism, according to the attorney in 
charge of
the event, Alan Miller. He said the award was intended to honor Greer for his 
entire
career, not just the Schiavo case.
"I liken this to a lifetime achievement award for an actor," Miller said. "He's 
an
excellent judge. He followed the law."
Greer ordered Schiavo's feeding tube removed on March 18 at her husband
Michael's request and over the objections of her parents, Robert and Mary
Schindler. Schiavo died on March 31 at a hospice in Pinellas Park, near St.
Petersburg.
She had been in what doctors said was a persistent vegetative state since 
suffering
a heart attack in 1990 and her husband said she would not have wanted to remain
alive in her condition.
President Bush, his brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and  Vatican officials 
urged that
Schiavo be kept alive and the U.S. Congress passed an emergency law requiring
federal courts to review Greer's decision. But a federal judge in Tampa, an 
Atlanta
federal appeals court and the U.S. Supreme Court all refused to overrule him.
Greer, a 63-year old Republican, was first elected as a judge in 1992 and was 
re-
elected three times, including twice after he first ruled in 2000 that Schiavo's
feeding tube could be removed.
Miller said his office had received telephone calls from people around the 
country
upset about the award to Greer.
Among those condemning the award was Father Frank Pavone, director of Priests
for Life, who called Greer "a murderer" and said no court had moral authority 
to take
innocent life.
"Terri was not dying until she stopped receiving food and water ... It does not 
require
any legal or medical expertise to recognize that as murder. Nobody who has lost 
the
basic capability to understand that should be honored," said Pavone, who spent
several days at the hospice before Schiavo's death.
Greer received several death threats during the case and resigned from the 
Baptist
Church he attended because of the controversy.




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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:28:01 -0700
From: "Walter Lippmann" <walterlx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Marxism] Ralph Nader supported keeping Schiavo alive
To: "'Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition'"
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Who said anything about courting the right in 2004?
He appears to have been courting the right in 2005!


Walter


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