[sweetliberty]

"I am weird I guess but I would find Michael just going in and put a pillow over Terri's face it far less troubling then I find his going to court and trying to get societal approval for his actions."

No, you're not weird. You're absolutely correct. Difference is, that if he did that, he would still be charged with murder, now wouldn't he? But if he can get "society" to go along with the termination of Terri's life, the precedent is set and murder becomes legitimate under certain circumstances, to be determined by, who else, judges. People, we have a problem!

[aristeides]

The SCOTUS had no objection to the Connecticut legislature's exercising a judicial function and ordering a new trial in a will contest, setting aside a judicial decree, in CALDER v. BULL, 3 U.S. 386 (1798) .