I think Greer is just doing unthinking analysis of the situation. In other cases the husband would have the final say so ends the analysis. He does not see the need to consider the other aspects which the law provides to show a husband decision is colored by outside circumstances.
The analysis of why this is an exceptional circumstance must be done throught the standard analysis of an incapacitated married wife/husband. The question and what is most alarming about this case is that it points out the limited legal ability of judges. Book smarts mean nothing, law in a vacume without facts. Legal knowledge must work at applied to the facts of the real world.
Exactly. I would be much more willing to consider the husband's claims Terri would want to die if there was even the slightest evidence he loves her.
But, there no evidence he has the slightest feeling for her.
He wants his money and to marry his new squeeze.