> Dana  wrote:
> read the dissent. Also realize that you can only appeal on
> *procedural* grounds.
> 

The Shindlers must show that they are substantially likely to win a
claim that the Florida courts did not properly adjudicate the case.  3
levels of federal courts have now ruled that the Shidlers were
unlikely to prove that which is the only way they could secure an
injunction.

There are numerous precedents of this and some have gone to the supreme court:

* 1976, the Karen Quinlan case.  The US Supreme Court upheld  the New
Jersey Supreme Court's ruling that Ms. Quinlan's parents had the right
to refuse treatment for their daughter.

* 1990, the Nancy Cruzan case.  The US Supreme Court upheld the
Missouri Supreme Court's ruling that the parents must show "clear and
convincing" evidence the she would've refused life support.  The
Missouri courts later granted the petition to end life support.

In short,  the US Supreme Court has upheld state's rights both times
they've been challenged even though each case had a different outcome.
 (Although Missouri eventually granted the petition.)

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