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.
If the black robed tyrants demand it, and blow off the congress and the president, and they don't have the backbone to call King Court's bluff, what then>?
All western tradition supposes that legislatures/assemblies establish general principles called "laws" and that ministers and/or justices determine on a case by case basis which laws apply and when.
And I'm telling you that by conservatives insisting on defining even further specifics of the law, those definitions are NOT going to be satisfactory because it's not the job of legislatures to adjudicate details (i.e., get involved in one person's life, regardless of justness of cause), but rather to set broad parameters of principles.