Tampa, Fla. ? A law pushed through by Gov. Jeb Bush to keep a severely brain-damaged woman alive was struck down by a Florida judge Thursday in the latest turn in one of the nation’s longest and most bitter right-to-die cases.

The governor’s office filed an immediate appeal.

Circuit Judge W. Douglas Baird ruled Terri’s Law, named after Terri Schiavo, is unconstitutional because it violates the disabled woman’s right to privacy and delegates legislative power to the governor.

The law was passed in October, just days after the removal of a feeding tube that has helped keep Schiavo alive for more than a decade. Bush immediately invoked the new law to order the feeding tube reinserted.

The tube will remain in place while the governor pursues his appeal.

Schiavo’s husband, Michael, has fought a long court battle to remove the feeding tube and carry out what he said were his wife’s wishes not to be kept alive artificially. The dispute has pitted him against his in-laws, Bob and Mary Schindler, who say her condition could improve.

Baird said Terri’s Law improperly gave the governor “unbridled discretion” and interfered with Terri Schiavo’s right to make her own medical decisions.

The judge said Terri’s Law “in every instance, ignores the existence of this right and authorizes the governor to act according to his personal discretion.”

Both sides said the case could go before the Florida Supreme Court.

Terri Schiavo, 40, was left severely brain damaged more than 14 years ago after her heart stopped because of a chemical imbalance brought on by an eating disorder.

She left no written directive about her wishes if she ever were incapacitated.