He knew he should not have been driving in his condition. He was operating on only four hours of sleep over the past 36 hours, and he was beginning to feel the effects. The highway seemed to stretch on forever, and the striped yellow median became a blur. Every once in a while he would find himself nodding off and jumping awake.

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush filed an amicus curiae brief on Oct. 8 to save an incapacitated woman from a death she had requested, according to The New York Times. Bush's effort to keep Terri Schiavo tethered to a feeding tube against her wishes is a gross disregard for well-established legal and ethical standards protecting individuals rights.