Terri Schiavo: Please explain something to me...

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Mad4stevie

Yep. It would have been very interesting reading for sure. I agree the issue is different than the Cruzan case.

Also sounds as if some are pointing to bad lawyering on the part of Schiavo's lawyer for not getting to the true constitutional issues until now. At least that is what some legal pundits are saying tonight.

I tend to agree. I would have argued the Constitutionality of it no matter which side I represented, but esp. if I represented Mr. Schiavo. Maybe it was smart not to though because no court ever reached it until now and it is too late now unless the Court takes it on this issue, which it could not very likely do, but that does not mean the Court will do what Congress said regarding the de novo review - I mean the Court ignored that last time