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Originally written by The Stew Boy:

Uh, I'm sorry, but I have absolutely no idea what this poll is about.

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I think it is good for congress to intervene now, not for the sake of saving Terri's life, but for the sake of getting the supreme court ruling so that all the fighting can be put to rest. It will save future families from fighting over the same thing even for as rare as the cases are.

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The founders believed in a nation in which, as Justice Robert Jackson once wrote, we would "submit ourselves to rulers only if under rules." There is no place in such a system for a special law creating rights for only one family. The White House insists that the law will not be a precedent. But even that means that the right to bring such claims in federal court is reserved for people with enough political pull to get a law passed that names them in the text.

By putting Federal courts above state jurisdiction President Bush and his Congressional allies have begun to enunciate a new principle: the rules of government are worth respecting only if they produce the result we want.

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Also, for everyone who thinks that Terri will suffer as she starves, I'm pretty certain they'll fill her system with morphine, so even if she were capable of it, she won't feel anything.

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Terri Schiavo suffered brain damage in 1990 when her heart stopped briefly because of a possible potassium imbalance brought on by an eating disorder.

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