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What makes you think the court had any doubt?
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I am just assuming there was doubt because Terri did not write anything, so their decision had to be based on Hearsay. More of that circumstantial evidence that you love.
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And what makes you think the courts should just be making up new law when you like the result?
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In the common law system the courts make up law all the time. Do they not?
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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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Yes - because it is my understanding that the focus was on procedure not on the fact of whether or not she wanted to die. Once that trial court made the call, the debate on that was over.
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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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Or he is not a nice guy.
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I remove my motion to expel Florida from the Union.
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I would hate to have to use a passport to go to South Beach
