Hugh DOES get it. I have been appalled at the way people here have demanded that the law be ignored.
Hugh's arrogance about the law is appalling. To hear the legal mumbo jumbo that passes for the "rule of law" after reading the clear intent of the founding fathers is something everywhere present today. About the only courage Hugh has is to say we need to get better judges on the bench a process that will save a few people from being killed like Terri in about 50 years. Judicial corruption and tyranny has run amok for 40 years and old Hugh is still in the "who will decide if we don't let criminal judges decide mode" when push comes to shove. We are a nation of the attorneys, by the attorneys and definitely for the attorneys. CASE CLOSED... Terri will die and you could be next under "the rule of law(yers)"
Short response: when the "Law is a ass", it should be ignored.
I find it impossible to wrap my mind around the notion that a human being is dying, and many people have indicated that they would be willing to help her live the rest of her days, even as a vegetable, but she must be "killed" because the law requires it!
To put it a different way, I can think of dozens of ways I intend to ignore the law in the future, as I have done in the past. The silliest, but clearest illustration is the pond with the "no swimming or boating" sign and the drowning child in it; or even a drowning pet.