Terri: Proof That the Legislature is Not Out of Control?

There has been much talk (including on this site) about the fate of Terri and what the President's and Congress' actions might mean. Has the government overstepped its bounds? Does this show that we are out of control?

While I believe that what is happening to Terri right now is nothing short of murder, I equally as strongly believe that the federal government should not be involved. I think it is AWFUL that our President has to have gotten into what otherwise should be a family matter. I tend to think that government should stay out of our lives as much as is reasonably possible. Therefore, I hate what has happened.

And yet, for all the politics and all that has happened, even the President has not been able to save this one life. All of Congress can't save this one life. Yet, if you visit DailyDumb or Oliver Idiot you would be lead to believe that this administration has taken so much power that they are in control of everything. To listen to the clanging boards that are the left, you would think that the President would send Karl Rove in to take a few key people out of the picture and save Terri. But this hasn't happened.

This ordeal has highlighted just how little control our elected representatives actually have when it comes to personal stories. If George Bush can't even save one women in a Florida Hospice, then how much power can he really have over the rest of us? Actually, if anything this case should be a reminder that the system of checks and balances keep the legislative branch well in check. But does it keep the judicial branch within its own rights? Is it really Hitler-Bush that is so dangerous to Democracy if he can't even over-rule a federal judge (appointed by the President?) Indeed, it seems that this case has shown without doubt that it is not the legislative branch that poses the most danger to our Democratic ways. Instead, it is the ranks of robed men and women who have no fear of ever facing the consequences for their decisions.