[Nik Naym]

"Allowing Terri to die would violate this statute."

Thank you for posting exactly what I was thinking about this. I would only make one change to your post, and that would be to change the word "Allowing" to the word "Causing" in the above quoted sentence.

Nik

[Defiant]

Yes, you are right. I was writing hurriedly, and your edit is more correct.

There are federal civil rights statutes that might allow President Bush to act, too. For all I know, there are protections deep in federal regulations that the feds could say have been violated, and he could act to protect her. But the Congressional subpoena provides an obvious and legal basis for executive action.