I guess you're saying we should just surrender to the judges and make NO attempt to protect ourselves? Wrong. I am disgusted with the fact that hearsay was the deciding factor in this case. (My tinfoil hat is squarely fitted to my head, and I believe "Judge" greer took a payoff years ago from Shiavo, which is why he couldn't give a different ruling. Blackmail.) However, I intend to make my wishes known officially. There will be no hearsay if my life is in the balance.
I am not saying that at all. I am saying that this case has set a dangerous precedent. By allowing hearsay evidence to be decisive in a matter of life or death for an innocent person, the court has placed in grave peril the prior wishes of any person who may have expressed them. A skillful barrister can always find a way to pile up enough hearsay evidence to tip the "clear and convincing" standard against you.
What is the solution? The original vision of the founders, wherein the three branches of government were coequal. Such is not the case now, not by a long shot.