Also, as the spouse of an attorney and former federal clerk to a chief district judge, I’m a bit too familiar with this case and the judicial system in general. There is one judge in the case…the “like 15″ did not rule on the facts and made no statements of finding. Judge Green is the only one who addressed the arguments, and is the only ones with findings.

The others simply determined that the case didn’t warrant an extraordinary examination. They washed their hands of it, but did not make any findings of fact, or even examine the evidence. They ruled on procedure.

And this isn’t the reason we have courts…to starve the innocent. For goodness sakes, John Wayne Gacy had more protections than this poor woman did.

I’m not a political whackjob, really. I just think that it is incomplete to blame one branch of the government for what, at best, constitutes a minor, limited and unique (and wholly ineffective) infraction, when another branch is authorizing the extermination of our disabled countrymen.

Doctors used to “first, do no harm.” Too bad the judge, jury and executioner didn’t follow the same process. And I’m sort of surprised that you are so one-sided about it. Most of your other posts are opinionated, good-natured, and spirited (and I agree with the majority), but not polemical. I’d say this one falls into the latter category.

Just my two cents. Not that you need charity from a troll! : )

This is the precise reason why we have courts. I understand Mr. & Mrs. Schindler’s grief, just as I understand they are desperately jurisdiction shopping, trying out every possible justification they can find. Accordingly, something like 15 judges have all found the same thing: the husband is the closest relative and the most likely to know her wishes, as well as the legal guardian.

So go ahead, go to Florida. Just draw up a medical power of attorney first (a living will is insufficient; better to designate a real person) and you’ll be fine.

They’re both guilty on this one, and you aren’t being complete if you can’t see that. In the meantime, remind me not to suffer an accident in Florida, either at the polls or at the hands of my spouse.