[Loyal Buckeye]

The NYT basically is saying "the law is the law", even though the law is murky and apparently incomplete in a case such as this.

Further, they accept the facts as those reported by the husband, rather than as reported by the parents and suggest that the Republicans' efforts are politically motivated.

I think a proper resolution of this case starts with determining what the facts are. Next, the law should be reviewed and any holes filled in by a legislative body, not the courts. Until those things are finalized, Ms. Schaivo should continue to be fed using the tube.

It is possible the facts and the law have been determined; however, it is not clear to me that they have.

[eccentric]

The NYT basically is saying "the law is the law", even though the law is murky and apparently incomplete in a case such as this. Further, they accept the facts as those reported by the husband, rather than as reported by the parents and suggest that the Republicans' efforts are politically motivated. I think a proper resolution of this case starts with determining what the facts are.

I guess it is a LAW thing. From what I have read, once a court declares something to be a fact and this "fact" is not overturned in any appeal, it is then a 'carved in stone' FACT and NO ONE can say otherwise.

Therefore, since Greer decided two facts:

1. Terri is PVS

2. Michael has no conflict of ineterest

we cannot dispute anything that results from these "facts."