[bvw]

Perversely -- heinously perverse -- the now outlaw and murderous Carnes and Hull restate the clear intent to maintain status quo of Congress:

The status quo is that Mrs. Schiavo is not receiving nutrition and hydration. The plaintiffs do not want the status quo maintained. They want this Court or the district court to issue an injunction affirmatively requiring the respondents to change the status quo by bringing about the surgical procedure necessary to reinsert the feeding tube into Mrs. Schiavo.

That is, say murderers Carnes and Hull by these deceitful words, in paraphrase: "We Judges are not murderers, it is Congress who has ordered her murder to continue."

[Cboldt]

Perversely -- heinously perverse -- the now outlaw and murderous Carnes and Hull restate the clear intent to maintain status quo of Congress:

That is the "shifting the burden" trick. It's a powerful one.