White House says it’s out of legal options in Schiavo case

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White House says it’s out of legal options in Schiavo case

Bernard Hibbitts

March 23, 2005 02:47:00 pm

[JURIST] Speaking after earlier brief comments on the Schiavo case Wednesday by President Bush [JURIST report], White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Wednesday afternoon that at this stage there was nothing more the President could do. "There really are not other legal options available to us…We have explored all our options previously." AP has more.

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