[Dog Gone]

The legal challenge is between the husband and the state. The issue is the consitutionality of Terri's Law.

Just because someone is interested in the outcome of a case, doesn't entitle them to intervene in it. The courts simply cannot allow everyone who cares to intervene.

The Florida Attorney General is perfectly competent to represent the state in its effort to protect Terri. The Schindlers, and Pat Robertson for that matter, are not parties to these narrowly-defined legal issues, and the court will almost certainly decline their demand to get involved.

[supercat]

The legal challenge is between the husband and the state.

Should not Terri also be a party, represented by a guardian ad litem who supports this law (as Wolfson, per public comments, does not)?

[Damagro]

Does this exclude the Fla AG from calling the Schindler family as witnesses?

[FITZ]

The legal challenge is between the husband and the state.

A husband --- especially an adulterous one, should not have the authority to create a living will for his spouse (and vice versa). Terri had no living will ---- there are no grounds to starve her to death.

[sweetliberty]

It is the constitutionality of Terri's Law that the ACLJ is seeking to argue I believe. But I guess the judicial tyrants in Florida really couldn't care less about right and wrong, nor the Constituonal right to life that is supposed to be inalienable and should truump any other consideration. They are choosing to completely overlook the balance of powers to demand the separation of powers. They have forgotten, or are ignoring, that any power they have is derived from the people, but when the people exercise that power, they throw a hissy fit like we should just butt out and let them dictate how things are going to be. They don't give a d**n about the people....they only care about seizing any remaining power the people may have.

[TaxRelief]

I tend to think that it will be tough for the ACLJ to get a foot in the door, but I, too, am not worried about that.

At this point, Jeb Bush will undoubtedly be assembling the best team possible to defend the constitutionality of "Terri's Bill". There is too much at stake not to.

[sport]

They have as much of a right as the alcu does.

[Mo1]

Just because someone is interested in the outcome of a case, doesn't entitle them to intervene in it. The courts simply cannot allow everyone who cares to intervene

Thank you for explaining about this

[Leatherneck_MT]

"Just because someone is interested in the outcome of a case, doesn't entitle them to intervene in it. The courts simply cannot allow everyone who cares to intervene. "

Oh heaven forbid we have any human kindness in the court system. Why.... we might seek justice if we did that!!

No wonder lawyers and judges are seen by the vast majority of Americans today as pond scum and bottom feeders.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Well then the damn aclu should be booted out as well.