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George Felos, attorney for Michael Schiavo, said he thinks the House legislation is unconstitutional. "I don't believe that the Legislature has the authority to interfere," Felos said.

Well, what do you want to bet Felos goes before Greer the second Bush orders the stay, and Greer issues an injunction against it in about 30 seconds with formal arguments scheduled to follow in, say, a couple weeks. The higher courts refuse once more to intervene. Terri continues to starve and is gone by the time the arguments actually take place, which Greer might even magnanimously grant the state now that his hands are washed of Terri.

Well if anyone knows Governor Bush or someone of his staff they could suggest having a photo-op where the Governor signs the bill (later today?) on the sidewalk right in front of the hospice (a massive complex from what I understand) with a group of state troopers (i.e. his own direct command) to be instructed to take charge of the security of Terri's room IMMEDIATELY.

The bill specifically authorizes no penalty for actions taken in accordance with the bill, so surely there could not be a lawsuit by the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast against the governor or law enforcement. Ironically, as I mentioned last week, if there were a marijuana plant growing on Terri's windowsill, there could already have been a SWAT team sent in to the room.

And once the paid armed guard are dismissed and replaced with real law enforcement, things can begin to happen. Then that pig of a lawyer can run around all he wants, but it would be harder to overturn a fait accompli.