You are quite right about legislative and executive responses not promising so far. Jeb Bush is the poster child for non-response. He only took SAFE action. A daring man, a man driven by the Holy Spirit, would have found some quasi-legal pretext, however threadbare, to raid that hospice, rescue Terri, reinsert the tube, and give her the rehab that would have made her a thinking functioning person. All these quasi-conservatives and quasi-christians who are saying not to blame Jeb but to blame judges like Greer are no different from persons who are soaked by the rain, yet do not bother to open an umbrella.
> A daring man, a man driven by the Holy Spirit, would have found some quasi-legal pretext,
Yeah, like any governor's power of pardon, which wouldn't have presented any real political risk for Jeb. That option wouldn't have broken any laws.
Jeb took an oath to uphold Florida's consitution, but by not pardoning and protecting Terri, Jeb actually violated his oath, Florida's constitution, and a number of Florida statutes as well.
I agree completely.
"This isn't happening on my watch" would have done nicely. That and a few hundred state troopers.
He could have done it.
What would have been really nice would be if he had Greer arrested at the same time. Led away in handcuffs.
He could have done that too. Greer acted illegally. If Greer had ordered that a dog be denied food and water, he could have been jailed.