President Bush signed the Schiavo legislation very early this morning.

Michelle Malkin links to several mirror sites that have posted the audio of Terri Schiavo’s response to the removal of her feeding tube. They are here, here, here and here. There are others here and here. She also references NZPundit and Xrlq who have the legal definition of “Persistent Vegitative State” … read it after watching the video, and see what you think. Soft Reset has an opinion.

Sierra Faith, as does Taste of Liberty, has misgivings about the strategy of putting this in the hands of judges again.

Also, if you haven’t seen it… Liberals for Terri:

The purpose of Liberals For Terri is to draw from across the political spectrum - liberals, conservatives, progressives, left-wing radicals and right-wing curmudgeons - to agree on the following point:

There are other reasons besides the “right-to-life” platform to remove Michael Schiavo as Terri’s guardian, and restore Terri’s right to choose.

Read their piece called “What if Terri was set up?” It’s long, but worth the read.

Captain Ed, up late last night, reported the vote count. “Official count was 203-58, with five Republicans voting nay.” Paul at Wizbang elaborates:

So for all their posturing and complaining, the leadership only got 53 of their fellow Democrats to vote for Terry Schiavo’s death sentence. The vast majority of the Democrats were smart enough to stay away from this one. 112 Democrats refused to vote at all.

Shane Raynor wonders if Terri will become a liability for the Democrats. “Become”???

Eugene Volokh is have a discussion on the constitutional statutory elements of the situation. And Josh Claybourn has some thoughts on this as well.

Nick Queen (via Speed of Thought) has an interesting quote from Michael Schiavo on LKL (I didn’t see it, so I can’t verify it’s accuracy):

KING: Have you had any contact with the family today? This is a sad day all the way around, Michael. We know of your dispute.

M. SCHIAVO: I’ve had no contact with them.

KING: No contact at all?

M. SCHIAVO: No.

KING: Do you understand how they feel?

M. SCHIAVO: Yes, I do. But this is not about them, it’s about Terri. And I’ve also said that in court. We didn’t know what Terri wanted, but this is what we want…

Jeff Harrell makes this excellent observation about the speed at which the government moved in this case:

I think events like this one are a testament to the overwhelming power and flexibility of our system of governance. Terri’s feeding and hydration were stopped late on Friday. In a matter of hours, there were bills before both houses of Congress. Our elected representatives debated the measures all day today, and finally got a bill in front of the President after midnight tonight.

If you stop and think for a second about the sheer magnitude of how many people had to get involved here, that’s a remarkable achievement.

Say what you want about our country — we’re divided, we’re flawed, we’ve got our troubles — but whichever way this story turns out, I’ll be proud of the fact that our government was capable of acting so quickly and decisively to halt what some of us see as a great injustice.