[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

Hmmm, interesting. Despite all of the cacophony about the expansion of government power, no one on M.S.'s side can seem to explain: a) how the government has the power to order you to not eat or drink orally, even if you are capable of doing so; and b) how such an order is not a dramatic expansion of government power. Maybe that's why this thread has gotten so quiet...

[concerned about politics]

how such an order is not a dramatic expansion of government power.

Isn't it the governments job to defend the lives of the American people? Even mass murders get a personal lawyer and their day before the Supreme Court.

[katnip]

Your post 237, I saved it. Wonderfully said.

That is probably the most horrifying aspect of the entire case to me.

That a judge (of any kind) could sentence an innocent human being to no food and water in any way until they died. Evil.