It doesn't matter what he refused to consider or not consider. Read the law. The law just said he had to give it another look. Judges, liberal and conservative, "define" what the law says they can consider.
Isn't that the problem? Whether right or wrong, Terri's case and the apparent arrogance of the courts in blowing off Congress' expressed intent that they take a new look at all of the evidence (and despite what you claim, no federal judge did this) has been the last straw for a lot of folks who believe that the courts are out of control and accountable to no one, not even the laws of the land. Sadly, Terri is already "yesterday's news." Just maybe there's enough frustration with the courts to smash the Democrats' filibuster. I voted for Bush in '00 primarily to turn the courts around. How successful have the and the GOP been in 4-plus years? We either start fixing this now, or it never will be fixed.