Subject: A Violation: Larry I feel torn in the case regarding Terri Schiavo. On one hand, I personally would advocate under normal circumstances that a person should be kept alive. On the other hand, the fact that the U.S. Senate, U.S. House and President Bush stepped in is a gross abuse of the legislative and executive branches of government at the expense of the judicial branch. This goes beyond Schiavo; it goes against our system of checks and balances. S

RESPONSE: The Juciciary, (Courts) have often been the bulwark in upholding the Constitution as Republicans have repeadedly tried to dismantle its protections...this in the repeated over turning of the BUSH THE LESSER'S holding of prisoners without any kind of hearing, aspects of the illegal Patriot Act and various environmental regulations....talk about the arrogance of "big government!"