President Bush announced in Tuesday's press conference that he fully supported the actions of his brother, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, in ordering Terri Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted after state courts repeatedly affirmed her husband's right to allow her to die.

That a state legislature, at Governor Bush's request, would pass a law essentially overturning a judicial branch decision is unconscionable. The limited scope of the law - it is effective for only 15 days - shows that the Florida Legislature knew it was tampering somewhere it didn't belong. The case is heartbreaking, but it is solely a family matter and it is certainly not Jeb Bush's role to decide what is best for Terri Schiavo.

The President's comments in support of his brother's actions do not help. They are another example of his administration's belief that its values constitute a high moral imperative. Once you believe in the certainty of your own moral supremacy, you start trampling on laws that were put in place precisely to keep one person's morals from infringing on the rights of another.

And we are deeply afraid of George W. Bush's morals.