dilloduck
Diamond Member
CivilLiberty said:Choice of the courts? No, not the choice of the courts.
Terri's legal guardian, and the only person with the legal authority over her treatment, was Terri's husband. Terri, the person, died some 15 years ago. The vegetable that was left was being kept alive by artificial means - removing the artificial means was Terri's wish (according to her guardian), which her guardian carried out.
The courts did not make this decision - the courts only ruled that, as per decades of law and legal precedent, that Michael, as guardian, had that sole right to carry out Terri's wish. These are not activist judges just because you don't like their ruling - they were ruling for the LAW as written and as developed in case/common law over history.
Interestingly, in Texas, if you have no hope of recovery they'll pull the plug after 10 days.
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quote the whole law dude--don't take things out of context