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These glaring transgressions against Florida law, US law and Florida judicial canon should have sounded an alarm; instead they were upheld in court after court after court.

An even more disturbing fact is that the federal judiciary -- whether you agree or disagree with how they came to be included in this case -- refused to even address the inequities of Greer's court. Charged with reviewing the case de novo, the federal judiciary did nothing of the sort. Instead they engaged in a deadly game of indignance with the legislative and executive branches of our federal government. They refused to hear arguments and gave no cause. They played constitutional politics while a life hung in the balance. Terri's life clock clicked onward toward her hour of reckoning and the tyranny of judicial activism donned the dark shroud of death.

America is at an important crossroads. If we are diligent in demanding that the glaring injustice of judicial activism be addressed then we can say in all honesty that Terri Schindler Schiavo, in her death, fired the first significant shot in the battle against judicial activism. If we fail and continue to allow the tyrannical conquest of judicial activism to abridge our inalienable rights we have not only failed as a free people but our country's survival will be in question.

As the door to Terri's earthly world closes We the People must recognize the gift she has left behind, an opportunity to combat the crisis of judicial activism on the national stage. It is appropriate that with her passing, and very aptly in her name, the American people take on the challenge of ridding our nation of this tyranny so that justice and morality triumphs over activism and agenda.

In the end, the death of Terri Schindler Schiavo was about Terri, the woman, the daughter, the sister, the friend. We should never forget that and we should be grateful for the gift she left behind. Truly, she is a friend to all of us. We the People have failed our friend once, we her friends can't afford to let her down again.

To the Schindler family I offer my most sincere and heartfelt condolences. To Terri I wish a speedy ascent on angel's wings. Rest in peace.

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Frank Salvato is a political media consultant and managing editor for TheRant.us. His pieces are regularly featured in Townhall.com. He has appeared on The O'Reilly Factor and numerous radio shows. His pieces have been recognized by the Japan Center for Conflict Prevention and are periodically featured in The Washington Times as well as other national and international publications. He can be contacted at oped@therant.us

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