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I hate to say it, but short of massive political pressure at the county level, I don't see any more legal options for Jeb and company. At some point there needs to be a strategy for ensuring that Terri's passing doesn't go unremembered or unpunished.

1. Is this judge appointed or elected? If he is elected, when is he next up for reelection? What is the voter breakdown in that county (that is, how realistic is removing him?) Just how difficult can this judge's life become?

2. Is there evidence to show possible criminal wrongdoing on the part of MS and/or other interested parties? I don't mean pipe-dream nonsense, but actual evidence. I'd settle for a nice, long trial that made his life h*ll and made him burn up the ill-gotten gains from the malpractice suit. The SOB shouldn't be allowed to spend it on a house/car/vacation.

Any other suggestions?

I think this judge was just recently elected, from what I have read, and I have heard he is a conservative Republican, but I don't know the breakdown of the county and how he can be removed. I hope Congress will hold him in comtempt of Congress, but I think he'll probably even get a pass on that - probably some loophole in the law or something.

There is an article here that talks about possible Medicare/Medicaid fraud that might have been committed by Felos and MS in regard to placing Terri in a hospice - something about fraudulent or incomplete certification that they filed. The article is here:

http://www.theempirejournal.com/03080534_medicaid_medicare_fraud.htm

I hope he ends up being investigated for many other things as so many things have been talked about as possible areas of investigation, but where this will all go, I have no idea. I'm sure he'll profit from a nice big fat book deal and a movie deal down the road and that makes me sick to think about, but we best be prepared, as I'm sure it's coming.

As for other suggestions - we have to help Bush get his judicial nominees through - we have to stay on the Senators' butts.

I doubt Congress will do anything to him. Though it might make some here feel good, politically I think it would be a colossal mistake. The MSM would make it look like Congress was being vindictive, lordly, overpowering, etc., and generally crucify them for it. IMHO the greater good is to pour massive money into getting this guy voted out in 2010 (when the acrimony will have died down and the libs won't be able to crucify us for it) and, in the shorter term, to use this as an example for getting Bush's judicial nominations in (read: nuclear option). In the very short term, there is no reason why there can't be an immediate call for state laws to be restructured to always "err on the side of life". That can and should be our clarion call.

I see Congress letting this one go for now, but this judge can forget about GOP support next time around. I see Bush moving onto SS reform just long enough for a news cycle and then dropping the hammer on judicial nominations (I'd guess come June). The really important thing is to make sure that the MSM can't use this whole episode to paint us as religious whack-jobs (and, to be blunt, some people aren't frelling helping in that regard). We're already taking a beating from the reporting (would someone please smack that moron who tried to rob the gun store? Do any other idiots out there want to do something stupid (violent) and make us look worse than we already do?)