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How would an “advance directive” have solved the Schiavo case? Almost certainly her husband would have had proxy = same dilemma, no?
Mickey Kaus
Kausfiles
How would an “advance directive” have solved the Schiavo case? Almost certainly her husband would have had proxy = same dilemma, no?
@kausmickey Wouldn’t it have made Mr. Schiavo’s legal position harder to rebut?
@jamestaranto @kausmickey depends on how the proxy is worded — that is, what circumstances or time limit voids the proxy.
@jamestaranto @kausmickey for example, if I’m found guilty of attempting to murder my wife, your typical proxy is not going to hold, right?
@jamestaranto @kausmickey not saying he tried to kill her or anything (just remembered that was a part of the Cluster of Suspicions)
@kausmickey Specifics don’t matter. It gives Jeb a pivot if asked: “These are complex, heartbreaking situations. That’s why I propose…”
@AceofSpadesHQ @jamestaranto @kausmickey Living Wills/ADs state what the declarant wants to happen in each of several incidences.
@AceofSpadesHQ @jamestaranto @kausmickey In my experience they’re signed in the presence of a witness(es) and a copy is held by lawyer
@AceofSpadesHQ @jamestaranto @kausmickey It would have resolved the issue of whether she said “I don’t want life support” during a film