2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 24, 2005 NATION/WORLD Schiavo parents'NESNB , .f 1 .1f i Supreme Court Decision comes after federal courts refuse to reinsert feeding tube PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - Their legal options nearly exhausted, Terri Schiavo's parents made a desperate appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court yes- terday, asking justices to order resump- tion of nourishment for their severely brain-damaged daughter. The late-night appeal followed rapid-fire developments in the case, with a federal appeals court refusing to order the reinsertion of Schiavo's feeding tube and the Florida Legisla- ture deciding not to intervene in the epic struggle. Refusing to give up, Gov. Jeb Bush also sought court per- mission to take custody of Schiavo, who was on her sixth day without food or water. The desperate flurry of activity came as President Bush suggested that Con- gress and the White House had done all they could to keep the woman alive. Her husband, Michael Schiavo, says his wife would not want to be kept alive artificially and has fought for years with her parents over whether she should be allowed to die. In the emergency Supreme Court fil- ing, Bob and Mary Schindler say their 41-year-old daughter faces an unjust and imminent death based on a deci- sion by her husband to remove a feed- ing tube without strong proof of her consent. They alleged constitutional violations of due process and religious freedom. The filing also argues Congress intended for Schiavo's tube to be rein- serted, at least temporarily, when it passed an extraordinary, bill last week- end that gave federal courts authority to fully review her case. Time is of the essence. Schiavo's feeding tube was removed last Fri- day and doctors have said she likely would die within a week or two at a her hospice. The Schindlers' attorney, David Gibbs III, declined immediate comment on the brief to The Associated Press. Supporters of Schiavo's parents grew increasingly dismayed yesterday, and 10 protesters were arrested outside her hos- pice for trying to bring her water. "When I close my eyes at night, all I can see is Terri's face in front of me, dying, starving to death," Mary Schindler said outside the Pinellas Park hospice. "Please, someone out there, stop this cruelty. Stop the insanity. Please let my daughter live." Schiavo's tube was pulled Friday afternoon with a Florida judge's approv- al. By late Tuesday, her eyes were sunk- en and her skin, lips and tongue were parched, said Barbara Weller, an attor- ney for the Schindlers. Schiavo suffered brain damage in 1990 when her heart stopped briefly from a chemical imbalance believed to have been brought on by an eating dis- order. Court-appointed doctors say she is in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of recovery. Her parentsvargue that she could get better and that she would never have wanted to be cut off from food and water. Schiavo's husband, Michael Schi- avo, has argued that his wife told him she would not want to be kept alive arti- ficially, and a state judge has repeatedly ruled in his favor. The battle played out on several fronts yesterday. A three-judge panel from the Atlanta- based 1lth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the family early yesterday, and hours later the full court refused to reconsider; the vote breakdown was not provided. U.S.-Iraqi forces kill 85 insurgents U.S. and Iraqi forces raided a suspected guerrilla training camp and killed 85 fighters, the single biggest one-day death toll for militants in months and the latest in a series of blows to the insurgency, Iraqi officials said yesterday. Poiiticians helping shape a postelection government expected within days said negotiators are considering a Sunni Arab as defense minister in a move aimed at bringing them into the political process - and perhaps deflate the insurgency they lead. The U.S. military announced late Tuesday that its air and ground forces backed Iraqi commandos during a noontime raid on the suspected training camp near Lake Tharthar in central Iraq. Seven commandos died in fighting, the U.S. mili- tary said. It did not give a death toll for the militants. WACO, Texas U.S., Canada, Mexico strengthen ties President Bush and leaders of Mexico and Canada promised new cooperation yesterday, yet dustups over defense, immigration and trade - burrs under the saddle, in local slang - continued to strain North American relations. To demonstrate unity, Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin appeared together at Baylor University to announce their neighborhood pact. It is designed to make trade more efficient and borders more secure without obstructing business and traffic. "We've got a lot of trade with each other," Bush said. "We intend to keep it that way. We've got a lot of crossings of the border. I intend to make our borders more secure and facilitate legal traffic." U.S. relations with Mexico and Canada chilled early in Bush's first term when neither nation backed his decision to invade Iraq. Bilateral disputes festered as the United States focused on events in the Middle East and elsewhere. RED LAKE, Minn. High school remains closed after shooting Teachers met yesterday to work out ways of helping young survivors of the nation's worst school shooting in six years, as outsiders streamed in to help the tight-knit community cope with the tragedy. "Kids, if you're out there listening, please, we'll be there for you. Come back to school and we'll get through this together," Red Lake High School Principal Chris Dunshee told KSTP-TV in Minneapolis-St. Paul. "Please, let us help you." The school remained closed yesterday, as Dunshee and others assessed what kind of counseling the students in this tight-knit community would need. Teachers and staff were called to a morning meeting at the nearby elementary school on the Red Lake Reservation. Reporters were not able to approach the school, which is set back from the main road, because the Red Lake Band of Chippewa sharply restricted their access, warning that venturing off the main road through town would be trespassing and threatening arrests. WASHINGTON Army anticipates missing recruiting goals The Army expects to miss its recruiting goals this month and next and is work- ing on a revised sales pitch appealing to the patriotism of parents, Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey said yesterday. Whether that boosts enlistment numbers or not, Harvey said he sees no chancp of a military draft. "The 'D' word is the farthest thing from my mind," the former defense compa- ny executive told a Pentagon news conference, his first since becoming the Army's top civilian official last November. Because of the military manpower strains caused by simultaneous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, some in Congress have raised the possibility of re-instituting the draft, although there is a strong consensus against it among Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and the military chiefs. This is the first time the United States has been in a sustained period of combat since the all-volunteer force was introduced in 1973. --Compiled from Daily wirereports I a6 0 0 Social Security 0 solventby WASHINGTON (AP) - Social Security will begin paying out more in ben- efits than it receives in taxes in 2017, 12 years from now and a year earlier than previously estimated, trustees said yesterday in a forecast adding fuel to the debate over changesPresident Bush wants. The trustees estimated that the program, which is about to be inundated with baby boom retirees, would go broke in 2041, also a year earlier than in their prior annual report. The Bush administration said both findings underscored the urgency of its effort to overhaul Social Security this year, in part by creating retire- ment investment accounts for younger workers. Democrats said the trustees' report undercuts the president's efforts to portray the program as in immedi- ate crisis. That label would appear to apply to Medicare, the health care program for the elderly and disabled. The trustees, who also oversee that New Deal pro- gram, noted that Medicare began paying out more in benefits than it received in taxes as of last year. They also predicted it would go broke in 2020, one year later than they estimated in 2004, but more than two decades before Social Security. "The numbers leave nothing to doubt about the financial condition of the Social Security system," Treasury Secretary John Snow, chairman of the six-member trust- ees' board, said during a news conference. "The report underscores the fact that we need to do something." Mike Leavitt, the new Health and Human Services secretary and another trustee, said that Medicare and Medicaid - the health insurance program for the elderly at the state level - face daunting financial problems. Leavitt said the administration had begun to address Medicare in 2003 with new performance standards for doctors, as well as programs that encourage better health through things as simple as an annual physical. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, the top Democrat in the Senate, disagreed with Snow, declaring, "Today's report confirms that the so-called Social Security crisis exists in only one place: the minds of Republicans." Reid also argued that enacting the key feature of the president's proposal - allowing younger workers to invest up to 4 percent of their payroll taxes currently flowing into the Social Security trust fund - would make the fund insolvent in 2030, some 11 years earlier than the trustees projected. p 1 A www.michigandaily.com The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily's office for $2. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $110. Winter term (January through April) is $115, yearlong (September through April) is $195. University affiliates are subject to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. 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