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His 8th Amendment argument is even worse: he argues that starvation is not cruel and unusual punishment because Mrs. Schiavo hasn't been convicted of a crime.

That is OUTRAGEOUS.

I haven't gotten there yet, but what do you think about this - Whittemore claims that she doesn't qualify under ADA because it requires that absent disability, she would have been eligible for the service being denied. Whittemore says that without her disability, she wouldn't need the feeding tube.

But Greer has ruled that she is not allowed oral nutrition and hydration either, something that she most DEFINITELY would need without her disability.

I sure hope Gibbs addressed this in his appeal.

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I haven't gotten there yet, but what do you think about this - Whittemore claims that she doesn't qualify under ADA because it requires that absent disability, she would have been eligible for the service being denied. Whittemore says that without her disability, she wouldn't need the feeding tube.

But Greer has ruled that she is not allowed oral nutrition and hydration either, something that she most DEFINITELY would need without her disability.

I sure hope Gibbs addressed this in his appeal.

I think any appeal of this decision is likely to have a chance -- my guess is that it will be embarrassing for any judge to sign off on a review of this 'decision'. I think a few law students could have slapped this few pages of folderol together in two hours.