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Originally posted by Spanky
What I don't get about the trial court's decision is if there is any doubt shouldn't you err on the side of life?
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What makes you think the court had any doubt?
And what makes you think the courts should just be making up new law when you like the result?
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If you err on the side of life you can always change that decision if further evidence arises. But if you choose death, if further evidence arises you can't go back.
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This may be a valid question in the abstract. But do you think this is a risk here, when there has been 16 years of litigation and legislation?
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And why is her husband spending so much time and energy getting her put under?
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That is an excellent question. And I can't come up with an answer other than he must really think she wouldn't want to be kept "alive."
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On another note, as Free Terri demonstrates, the Evangelicals are a fickle mistress. Jeb and the rest of the Republicans whipped them up and now the beast has turned on them. I don't think Jeb saw this coming. I think Jeb figured he could reap tons of political capital (money and precinct walkers) for his stand on this. I think that Jeb knew that the courts would overule him and so he had nothing to lose. I think once the courts had made their decision Jeb thought that the evangelicals would think he had done all he could. He didn't think they would want him to break the law. As a moderate Republican I can tell you once the Evangelicals direct their hate at you all reason is lost. After primaries they get so angry when the moderate Republican wins that the take the moderate down in the general so the democrat can win. They do this out of pure spite and emotion. They did that to Brooks Firestone in Santa Barbara. Jeb pissed of the majority by getting involved and now he has pissed off his base by not going all the way. The evangelicals hate half measure more than no measures.
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I remove my motion to expel Florida from the Union.
