Why isn't There Animal Personhood if There is Corporate Personhood?

[FreedomThroughAnarchism]

Random question, but I just had to ask: By any chance did you get this idea from a comment over at Volokh (or otherwise get the idea relating to the issue below)?

That would be an amusing coincidence of timing. Somebody just posted a comment to one of the articles inquiring about just such a thing in response to an article on a PETA lawsuit (link down below). Just thought I would show that to you, in any case, since you might find amusement in the fact that somebody thought along the same lines as you, given that it is a fairly unique argument one does not generally see very often.




The Volokh Conspiracy » PETA Tries to Use the Thirteenth Amendment to Free Whales from Sea World

PETA Tries to Use the Thirteenth Amendment to Free Whales from Sea World
Orin Kerr • October 26, 2011 5:06 pm

No, it’s not the Onion: It’s a real law suit. The Los Angeles Times reports, via ATL:

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals plans Wednesday to sue Sea World for allegedly violating the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — which bans slavery — by keeping orcas at parks in San Diego and Orlando, Fla., organization officials said Tuesday.

The lawsuit, set to be filed in San Diego federal court, is considered the first of its kind and, if successful, would represent a large enhancement of the animal-rights movement. Part of the lawsuit asserts that it is illegal to artificially inseminate the females and then take away their babies.

The lawsuit seeks the release of three orcas (also called killer whales) from San Diego and two at Orlando. “All five of these orcas were violently seized from the ocean and taken from their families as babies,” said PETA President Ingred Newkirk.

PETA officials note that the 13th Amendment prohibits slavery but does appear to limit the ban only to human beings. “Slavery is slavery,” said PETA general counsel Jeffrey Kerr.

[odanny]

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by lucknow

It is something new. It's nuts and it's evil. It's the perverted imaginings of 5 old worn out farts that are not worth their weight in mouse poop.

No its not. It goes back to the early 1800's in america under Dartmouth College Vs Woodward, and thats just in america. The history goes back hundreds of years prior to this.

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by momonkey

The people who made corporate personhood a matter of US Constitutional law did so two centuries ago.

And that was based upon laws established hundreds of years prior to that.

[Kracer]

Today is your lucky day!

Vote for obama!

Obama's regulatory czar Cass Sunstein believes in animal rights and advocates legal representation for animals. If Obama is re-elected be ready to foot the bill for your dog if you make him poop outside in the rain.

I imagine cows will file a class action lawsuit and that will be just the beginning.

As per advice form Obama we have judged him by who he surrounds himself with. Obama wears fringe, if fringe is your style your in hog heaven.

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Originally Posted by odanny

I am OK with this. If corporations are not people, don't make them pay any taxes.

All taxes on corporations is double taxation anyway.