The Schiavo Case - A Tragedy Between Life and Death:
When he [President Bush] was still governor of Texas, Bush frequently made decisions about life and death. Ruthlessly. In no case was there a stay of execution for the condemned, in no single case did the right to life guaranteed by the constitution play a role.
Well, political calculation fought out on the backs of people - nobody really cares about the actual people. Only the religious right wants to show off again and then the law is trampled on and the decision-making authority of courts and states is simply ignored.