Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Santorum: Terri Ruling By Federal Judge Defied Congress

NewsMax.com reports:

U.S. District Judge James Whittemore has defied Congress by not staying Terri Schiavo's starvation execution for the time it takes him to hold a full hearing on her case, a leading Republican senator said Tuesday.

"You have judicial tyranny here," [Pennsylvania Republican Senator Rick] Santorum told WABC Radio in New York. "Congress passed a law that said that you had to look at this case. He simply thumbed his nose at Congress."
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Surprise, surprise. A federal judge frustrating the express will of Congress and the President in interpreting a statute. Oh yeah, that never happens.

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