"There is actually a SANE JUDGE out there (unfortunately, he's in England)!"
I still don't like the idea of any judge of any kind being the one who has to decide cases like this.
Judges are not doctors.
Starvation/dehydration should never be used....period.
pvs is not well understood, and is misdiagnosed over 40% of the time.
These people are brain-damaged, not brain dead.
If they don't meet the criteria for brain death, they should not have to suffer dehydration.
I don't like judges being involved either, but if they must be, I would far prefer that it be a judge who prefers to give medicine a chance rather than inhumanely killing someone off.