Thanks for your post. Do you think that there is a line of argument which could be brought forward that could result in a replacement of Terri's feeding tube while further investigation is made, but that this argument has not thus far been effectively presented to the courts?
Not really. SCOTUS does not like new arguments made to them in an emergency hearing not brought below. It is beyond the pale. It simply is not done. But then there is a life hanging, twisting, slowly, slowly, in the wind, due to what I think might well be found to be legal malpractice. So it is one of those highly unusual situations. So there is hope. The last thing left in Pandora's box was hope. There is always hope.
none of these federal court decisions are based on the merits or facts of the case anymore. its all about "process" now, and the judiciary is hunkering down to protect itself. the judiciary likely won't blink, because it can read the polls (yes, I know most of them are based on poor understanding of the facts, but that's the way it is) and it knows the representative branches are not willing to go to the mats over this case.