If this is true then why is the family pursuing it. I believe they think Jeb can stop this. Just don't ask me how!
"Don't you think that a state governor would consult with, say, his attorney general, or with the governor's legal counsel, on something like this, rather than relying on legal briefs from people who were in the pay of one of the parties involved in the case????"
But of course! So again, how can lawyers for Terri draft briefs that have no legal weight?
"On the other hand, he can count votes, and knows which side of this debate his core constituency is on, so he is making loud, public, sympathetic noises. But that's all he's going to do. That's my prediction."
Now I'm confused. Either Jeb jas authority or he deson't. People have short term memories and if anything sticks it will be financial issues or healthcare - something that affects them directly.
Don't get me wrong I'm not attacking you. I fear though that your prediction will come true.
The family is parents are pursuing it because they have nothing else left. They've been turned away in every legal venue they've pursued. They want to believe that someone can help them, and they will keep pushing at any door that even seems to be cracked open until the very end -- which I'm afraid is probably just a few days way.
But of course! So again, how can lawyers for Terri draft briefs that have no legal weight?
I'm a little confused by this question. Lawyers write briefs all the time that have little or no chance of prevailing. They do it because someone is desperate enough to pay them to do it, or because they want a forum to express a minority point of view to their legal brethren or to the public, or because they really believe what's in their brief and can't bear to stand by and do nothing, even though they know they are almost certain to lose. But just because a lawyer writes a brief, that doesn't mean that he will get the outcome he wants. Even if Jeb Bush agrees with this arguments (and I assume that he is sincere) if his own legal staff is telling him that the arguments have no legal merit, that sharply limits what he can do.