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In my mind, the issue is not big vs. little gov., but simply whether the judge faithfully applied the actual law to the actual facts. I don't think he did. He twisted the facts so that they'd support what he wanted to do. That's not something a conservative can support.

As a conservative, I don't think that the government ought to override the wishes of Terri Schiavo. On the other hand, it is not at all clear to me that it is trying to do so. Just because the husband says it is, doesn't make it so. We can't give the husband sole unchecked authority to determine whether his wife lives or dies. Greer did not apply the law to the actual facts. He pretty much rubber-stamped what the husband said. No point in having a judge in the process at all if all he's going to do is rubber stamp someone else's position. He's got to do a meaningful review, and apply the law to the actual facts--not some fictional version of the facts that was invented to justify what he wanted to do anyway.

As a conservative, I don't think that the government ought to override the wishes of Terri Schiavo. On the other hand, it is not at all clear to me that it is trying to do so. Just because the husband says it is, doesn't make it so. We can't give the husband sole unchecked authority to determine whether his wife lives or dies. Greer did not apply the law to the actual facts. He pretty much rubber-stamped what the husband said. No point in having a judge in the process at all if all he's going to do is rubber stamp someone else's position. He's got to do a meaningful review, and apply the law to the actual facts--not some fictional version of the facts that was invented to justify what he wanted to do anyway.

Why that's brilliant!

The judge following the letter of the law at the expense of a human life is akin to the Boards of Education that tinker with teaching methods to instill PC in the curriculum, while year after year many students are not being taught basic capabilites.

The Boards of Education respond that will keep changing it until they get it correct, but meanwhile many students will not get a second bite at the apple, but the system will return! So also when new laws are passed, the next victim will be treated differently, but Terri will have been executed!

It's too bad Terri can't be defined as an animal, then the Florida Government Enterprise would bend over backwards to save her life!