Judge picked for Shiavo case

Story here:

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/breaking_news/11192128.htm

Background on judge here:

http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2872

Whittemore, James D.
Born 1952 in Walterboro, SC

Federal Judicial Service:
U. S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Nominated by William J. Clinton on October 20, 1999, to a new seat created by 113 Stat. 1501; Confirmed by the Senate on May 24, 2000, and received commission on May 25, 2000.

Education:
University of Florida, B.S.B.A, 1974

Stetson University College of Law, J.D., 1977

Professional Career:
Private practice, FL, 1977
Assistant federal public defender, Office of Federal Public Defender, 1978-1981
Private practice, FL, 1981-1990
Judge, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Florida, 1990-2000


Race or Ethnicity: White

Gender: Male

Is in the process of hitching up his braces. He's gonna need it.

Becuase if he doesn't decide to re insert her tube, I bet he might be the next federal judge to face gunfire. These people are absolutely crazy in their zeal in respect to this case. I hope that he will be kept secure and safe because if I were a Federal Judge, I wouldn't want to have this case. I also noticed he is a Clinton appointee.

Not PRESIDENT Clinton just Clinton. They also forgot to mention that he was nominated by PRESIDENT Clinton but ratified by a Republican Senate.

We don't need to respect our leaders anymore - thanks to "Bush" :eyes:

nonsense out...it'll be CLINTON'S fault!!

Ok, I'm prepared for Karl's next talking point.

This way bushit can say "I tried" and it'll be all the commie Klinton lovers faults.

Two of them made that very clear on Hannity's show on Friday. Throughout the weekend Fox was clearly trying to calm everyone down but I don't think it will work (we may not see it out in public) it's payback time and they want this NOW! No excuses no rhetoric.

I expect quite the spectacle leading up to Easter.

The media should be hung for the way they have framed her condition...they even had me snowed up until recently.

They certainly aren't mentioning the truth about those brain scans!

Mentioned in this Hannity thread (mine) on Friday. Almost verbatim.

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Heard that on Faux news, some Repuke said it. Yes, they are playing up the "Holy week" and using as much religious speak they can squeeze in. It's disgusting.

This whole charade is shameful. Using this poor woman to force their religion into our laws. Making it an urgent, life or death matter that must be rushed through on a weekend with no forethought. Sickening. The dirtiest of dirty tricks. Putting Dems in the position of appearing like cold hearted killers if they stand up for the Constitution. How snaky.

would play the Christ card again for the next Holy day.

And they have.

It was Delay that made that comment, "Terri survived her passion weekend." Every chance they get they are injecting their religion into our government. :puke:

see the post above

in Tampa FL at 3:00 AM this morning to receive the brief from Terri's parents lawyer.

This information was reported by Kerry Sanders from NBC on the Today Show this morning.

And yes, Sanders did mention that Judge Whittemore was appointed by Clinton.

I guess if Judge Whittemore rules against the parents, the cry will be the Clenis did it.

Jesus, it's not bad enough for them that Congress stuck its nose where it didn't belong... they also wanted Congress to make the court's decision FOR it.

"You will review the Schiavo case and you will rule the way we tell you to."

I love the typo in the first one.

What a shame, the case has gone to another Deathocrat. I am far less hoeful after learning which President appointed this judge.
14 posted on 03/21/2005 6:31:32 AM PST by Wiser now

Oh, geez. A Clinton judge? Keep praying, people. The innocent must be protected!!!!
Good greif! How do the Deathocrats keep getting these 'lucky' random judge selections?
Does anyone review the process by which these judges get picked for critical cases like this one?
This smells like high grade fertilizer.
20 posted on 03/21/2005 6:38:24 AM PST by JFK_Lib

NOW they can blame the Dems....Clinton appointed him. WHO picked this judge? I see where this is going. :grr: Maybe, just maybe this one a "deal" the Dems struck if they passed the Schiavo Bill? We'll pass this bill if we appoint a Clinton appointee? If so, not very smart on their part.. They would have been better off just standing with the FL. REPUBLICAN Judge's decision and let the REPUKES take the heat. This isn't going to be good if rules against the tube going back in. :( IMCPO

at a time when they were blocking Clinton Judicial nominees.

and when a case comes before a circuit court, the judge assignment is determined fairly randomly.

...go down in Tampa.

I am not up to snuff on how a judge gets picked to sit on a case. Are they on a sort of docket and next one up gets the case or can the Congress have a say in it?

Hopefully this circus will be over later today when the law is struck down as unconstitutional.

Let this woman be at rest. It has been a decade and a half this poor soul has been held hostage by a liquefied brain and reflexes that she has no control over.

Hopefully, this will be declared unconsitutional so this thing can finally be put to rest.

The judge was a "one inch brief" (as MSM said) to read through and something like 19 cases to get up to speed on.

I expect there to be an injunction and the tube to be reinserted again.

I think "injuction" is the right word there.

If the legislation is unconstitutional, which it is, he overturns the law immediatley and there is no reason to review the case.

throws it out as unconstitutional, what's next on the Republican agenda? Anyone care guess?

The Atlanta 11th Circuit Court of Appeals would be the next stop for the Schwindlers. A three judge panel would be appointed, but it would be unlikely they would hold the legislation constitutional if a lower court had already thrown it out. I don't think many judges are willing to allow the United States Congress to insert itself in the appeals process when all of these courts have already heard the appeals.

I mean if they let the Congress get away with this the precident goes from here on out, right? Or since this is a "one time only" law it would only apply to this case.

court case ever fought to be appealed citing this case as precedent for everybody getting a second chance with a completely new fresh look at everything.

I don't think many judges are willing to allow the United States Congress to insert itself in the appeals process when all of these courts have already heard the appeals.

I certainly hope not, but who knows anymore.

:shrug:

The legislation specifically sets this up to be reviewed as a new case. If a judge reviews it, the judge then agrees that Congress is now part of the appeals process and sets up thousands of similar appeals.

It will be appealed, but not by the Schwindlers. The Solicitor General has to appeal.

I would guess (not a lawyer) that he will just put everything on hold (reset) and take his time.

I could be wrong he could just dump it for the reasons you posted in which case look out the fundies will storm the castle.

just rule that the case has no merit and be done with it at 12:05?

Mz Pip
:dem:

It's more likely the legislation passed in the middle of the night will be ruled unconstitutional.

This could drag out even longer which creeps me out.

I am also concerned that even those who have Living Wills could go through the same thing if someone decides to make an issue out of it. The whole sanctity of life issue could outweigh any individuals personal and legal rights.

I don't think these people care about the rights of the individual. A Living Will won't stop them if they decide to "save" someone from making what they think is a wrong decision.

Mz Pip
:dem:

The radical clerics and their religiously insane jihadist followers WANT LIVING WILLS OUTLAWED!

That was the point of this thing from the beginning!

pay for all this "life support"? The Federal Government? Bush will surely have to raise taxes to keep everyone who is on life support hooked up indefinitely.

Just because we can do something doesn't mean we should. Yeah, we can keep people "alive" indefinitely but should we? We all have to die sometime. FOr all their "Faith" in a glorious afterlife it amazes me that they are so determined to keep people from getting there. :crazy:

Mz Pip
:dem:

So long as there is money to siphon from a family, the animated corpse must be kept animated. Once the cash runs out, pull the plug via orders from teh doctors.

I read somewhere she's on Medicare. So if she's entitled to be kept alive using tax dollars then so should everyone else.

Why should life support be denied on the basis of who can pay? If we're talking about a culture of life then access to unlimited life support must be guarrantteed for all regardless of their ability to pay.

Do these crack pots really want to go there? I doubt they can really see the long term ramifications not just in terms of emotional costs to families but financial costs to the state.

I can't wait for someone in Texas to file a lawsuit demanding the sate pick up the tab for keeping their brain dead family member alive. They could use the Schiavo case as precident.

Mz Pip
:dem:

She's political fodder and that makes her more valuable than money.

are there any implications for this law affecting anything besides living will and right to die issues?

"Stetson University has affirmed the importance of spiritual life and the quest for truth in its educational mission. The University motto, Pro Deo et Veritate (“For God and Truth”), is a symbol of this commitment, and expresses our determination to integrate the pursuit of a liberal education with the search for meaning in our lives and communities. Chartered as an independent and comprehensive university, Stetson has had an historical relationship with the Christian community and Baptist denomination. That relationship has shaped our commitment...."

I could be wrong, but....?
<http://www.stetson.edu/about/values.php>

When I lived in FL, only those who couldn't get into a real law school, went to Stetson. It is a private, religious law school.

As a grad from Stetson Law school (LL.M Intl. Law and Business) and current Student (J.D.) i can only say that you could not be more wrong about Stetson.

I was happy to see the the Judge is a Stetson Grad.

The school is small but has for the last 5- 8 years ranked in the top five of all law schools (regardless of size) in trial advocacy. Professionalism and ethics are highly important values of the teaching. As for the Christian aspect I have no idea what you're talking about. I have never experienced anything that would tell me the school has a certain religious leaning.

However, I can tell you the school is on the forefront of elder law, and law of disabled persons and several professors have been very critical of the actions of Governor Bush and the legislature.

The school frequently host discussions on highly controversial topics view all viewpoints allowed, such as torture, abortion, the Schiavo case and terrorism.

As for the ease to get into Stetson it might have to do with the fact that it is expensive to attend, compared to the state schools (UF and FSU) therefore those schools will have a higher standard due to the larger number of people applying.

Now I'm scared :(

is a Republican and was a member of the Souther Baptist Chruch until just a couple of days ago.

Was he excommunicated already?

I know, I'm feeling a little too emotional about this.

is that Freeper heads are going to explode over the words "liberal education" :D

Is the "culture of life" that Delay and Shrub are creating the same one that exists in Texas--where they can't execute 'em fast enough?

It's ok to pull the plug on a 6 month old black baby with dwarfism, in Texas, against the parent's wishes, like they did a few weeks ago, but it's not ok to pull the plug on Terri, who has no cerebral cortex and no improvement in 15 years.

It's selective. "Brown skinned" people don't qualify for the "culture of life." Mass murdering them in Iraq or allowing people of color here at home die due to lack of medical care or adequate food is ok.

Get your rules straight! ;)

and he's NO fundie! ;-)

I am going to post this on all the Schiavo threads.

With a lot of DC up late last night (including reporters) this is a prime chance to pull Rove/W's old "Data dump" when everyone goes home early or are watching the court in Tampa.

http://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/


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