As I just posted to someone else, some people have no imagination, no empathy, and cannot extrapolate the effects of laws and government on society.
If the pol didn't win his point in the legislature, then the action of Greer was illegal under Florida law. The other judges who were charged with reviewing the case either did not review it at all, or purposefully allowed the determination that "sips and chips" by mouth was "experimental" or "medical evaluation."