Should another court order the tube replaced and additional tests and/or therapy done, and should she improve even minimally, then Judge Greer and all others who agreed with his decisions are now looking at becoming social pariahs.
I have to look at this situation just like any profession where those in power protect their peers.
The last thing that Judge Greer wants is for her to awaken. His career would end quicker than you can imagine. It would also cast a large cloud over the entire judiciary. Why on earth would any higher court want to risk destroying their entire "we know best" gig on a bad decision by one man? If she awakens and says "feed me", the judiciary is finished as a credible entity.
They are pariahs right now.
Every quarter of the Judiciary was petitioned on her behalf, every quarter denied her life, with the exception of the gentleman judge in the 11th circuit.
The speedy, sequential and cascading image of the stamp of death, death, death will not be forgotten.
It's part of the soul of the Country now due to the emotion involved. Nascent now, subdued in a short while, but it is an indelible mark.
That's a very good point. Of course, there are some of us who do not consider the majority of those wearing black robes as having any sort of real credibility anyway. I think they need to add an accessory to the costume, though - a black turban with a fake beard. That way, Greer and his ilk can look more like the Pagan Mullahs that the really are.
The judicial branch is utterly out of control, and the pols in the executive and legislative branches, who ostensibly are there to offer a check and balance, have washed their hands. Greer openly defied a Congressional subpoena. What do you think would happen to a mere citizen if they dared to do th same? Why hasn't he been cited with contempt of Congress and arrested? The Vichy Republicans are like the Wizard of Oz (Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain).