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To: Jeff Head
I think I agree that Congress expected a brand new trial to determine Terri's status. But, inexplicably, the Schindlers didn't ask the District Court for one. Had they done so, I don't think there's any doubt that it would have ordered the tube reinserted.

All the Schindlers did was assert some federal questions in an appellate style brief, essentially reasserting the same objections that had failed in the Florida appellate courts.

Their constitutional issues really weren't that strong. What they needed was a redetermination of fact.

90 posted on 03/23/2005 8:27:08 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
What they needed was a redetermination of fact.

I agree. Could they stillpursue such an option?

91 posted on 03/23/2005 8:32:23 AM PST by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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