(1) the time pressure they felt they were under because the tube had already been removed; and
(2) the false belief that the district court would read the new law passed by Congress the way they wanted it to be read and not as it could and was read by a judge who wanted no part of all this. Their pleadings make it look like they felt that the district court would accept them with open arms--so they did not prepare a case that would have forced the district case to find that there were realistic questions as to the due procees required when a court is taking someone's life, is involved.
False confidence and euphoria that the Congress passed that law--with not enough good thinking.
Then how do you explain the fact that the dissenting Appeals Justices felt strongly that they were given more than enough legal reason to hold a full appeal for Terri Schiavo? Did the Schindler attornies present different appeals to each Justice on the same panel?
The Schindlers have been railroaded by the corrupt Judge Greer, Felos and the entire organized cult of death. These scum have gone so far as to endear the notion of forced starvation by calling it "euphoric". They will stop at nothing.