I thought the law was for her to have an entirely (from day 1) new trial, not based on anything that has happened in the old case. And that since it would take time, her feeding tube would be reinserted. This just sounds like another appeal hearing on the old case.
What did I miss?
You missed nothing. The judge is the one who didn't get the picture.
You didn't miss anything. Whittemore just disregarded the federal Terri's Law.
The Courts are ignoring the de novo, or new trial part, of the law. They don't consider it law, apparently, if they don't want to do it. After all, they are the Courts...the new gods.
That is exactly how this judge handled it...he reviewed everything to see if HE thought there were grounds to start a de Novo procedure, and he ruled that there wasn't. And wasted a precious 24 hours doing it.