McGrath, the thing you don't seem to realize about the effect that this travesty of justice could potentially have on our system is that if these people are successful in weakening and/or abolishing judicial oversight (as Donuel put it), they can use the very same powers they have gained, using Terri Schiavo as their tool, to do exactly the opposite of what they are saying they are doing now. They will also be able to kill people more easily in a system that lacks judicial oversight. Think about it for just a minute.

These are the powers you seem to be advocating that these people be allowed to have. The system of checks and balances in our country was put there for a very, very good reason. So that no branch of government can become too powerful on its own. The people who are trying to do an end run around the judicial system are trying to weaken our system of checks and balances. These are the three pillars of our system of government, and they are also the protection that the citizens of this country were given to protect us against tyranny. I, for one, would not like to see these protections taken away from us by a bunch of fanatical Christian Ayatollas, or power hungry politicians.