Why do you think Bush II judges will make a difference? None of the Reagan, Bush I, or Bush II judges on the Ninth Circuit in Atlanta supported Terri at any time. The only support she got came from a clintoid and a Ford appointee. The judge who really lambasted Bush II was a Bush I appointee.
I thought that I had read that Crier was a former Republican judge, but I stand corrected if it is the case that she is Democrat. She has a practical hatred for the handicapped though she probably favored Bush I's "Americans with Disabilities Act."
I'm worried that GW's slate of conservative judges won't make it, and yes, even if they do, will a few turn out to be wolves in sheep's clothing (closet liberals). You never know. As for Catherine Crier, she definitely took the activist judiciary side last night. Her head almost exploded, she was so angry. At the end she was reduced to ad hominem attacks on her co-author, who remained calm, courteous, and on the side of life.