They can bring it up and they can write about it but there should be no phone calls to the wives of those Judges because you never ever contact any member of a Judge's family over an ongoing case...it out of bounds and for any that might not understand ....it is considered harrassment and you could be in serious trouble.
I don't know how long they have worked for those papers and I don't recall seeing their names on any of those articles. This story has been ongoing for years and Michael Schiavo used the media there to his own advantage for years so many people there believe that he is the poor husband that went through hell all these years.
it's not harassment to contact a newspaper reporter at work or their superiors/supervisors and ask why they and their publications aren't covering a story or reporting all the issues of that story. If they don't want to make themselves subject to public scrutiny then they should change professions. The Code of Judicial Conduct doesn't say that the spouse or family can't discuss a pending case---especially when they're in the newspaper business, only that the judge can't I totally disagree with you on this issue. It's not harassment to call a newspaper reporter at work, even if the wife of a judge, and ask why they're not covering a story. I think the fact that Marilyn Brown, wife of Judge W. DOuglas Baird who struck down Terri's Law works at Tampa Tribune and Pat Greer allegedly works at St. Petersburg Times which has a totally biased presentation of the Schiavo case is EXTREMELY Relevant.