YOU ARE 100% WRONG, Teddy R. PLEASE DON'T TELL PEOPLE STUFF THAT IS INACCURATE.
Charlie Crist DID NOT FILE A BRIEF ARGUING "THE MERITS OF THE CASE". He came on local tv and said specifically that he "was not going to intervene re: the merits of the case". Thanks.
You are correct. He is arguing for the "constitutionality of the law," not the merits of the Schindler case. My error.
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/10/07/Tampabay/Husband_seeks_suit_s_.shtml
Husband seeks suit's dismissal
The lawsuit filed by Terri Schiavo's parents seeks to stop the removal of her feeding tube.
By Associated Press
Published October 7, 2003
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TAMPA - The husband of a brain-damaged woman who is at the center of a long-running legal battle asked a judge Monday to dismiss a federal lawsuit against him designed to block removal of her feeding tube later this month.
A judge has ordered that the feeding tube keeping Terri Schiavo alive will be removed Oct. 15. After exhausting appeals in state court, Terri Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, sued Michael Schiavo in federal court, seeking his removal as his wife's legal guardian. A hearing on the suit is set for Friday.
Michael Schiavo's attorney, George Felos, filed a motion Monday asking the judge to either dismiss the Schindlers' suit or rule against them, calling their action "yet another attempt to find another forum to relitigate what has been litigated many times before."
Felos' motion also disputes the Schindlers' claims that Michael Schiavo blocked attempts to rehabilitate his wife.
Terri Schiavo, 39, suffered severe brain damage after a 1990 heart attack and remains in what doctors call a "persistent vegetative state." A state circuit court judge ordered the removal of her feeding tube last month in the long-running legal battle between her husband and her parents.
Michael Schiavo contends his wife had said she would not want to be kept alive artificially. The Schindlers think their daughter responds to them and could recover with therapy.
The Schindlers' attorney, Pat Anderson, declined comment.