What kills me about that is that the FL constitution (someone posted the executive sections the other day and for some reason, I can't link to the website today, keeps getting refused) allows the governor step in if any officer is acting unlawfully. If Greer is violating the law by refusing her oral nutrition, I don't understand how on that basis, Jeb didn't intervene.
I don't, either.
Separation of Powers. Jeb can't step in. The legislature has to, and that process involves a timeline that will not be short enough to save Mrs. Schiavo.
This case can serve as a lesson, but they can't save her, not legally. If the executive can change the law on a whim, everyone will need to watch out. What if a Democrat gets elected again? He/she could be empowered by what goes on in this case to do things no one here would want to permit, but the precedent would be set.
And we'd ALL be screwed.