This is a fascinating article, particularly for those who are concerned about
the growing narcissism of judges who think their personal feelings are more
important than the actual text of statutes and the Constitution. That, of
course, is the ultimate issue in the Roe v. Wade debate, with apparently
massive numbers of Americans having not the slightest clue about the damage
that decision did to the integrity of the Rule of Law and our political system.
This particular decision is remarkable in that there were two votes out of
seven to essentially consider that an elephant is a person for legal purposes.
That means that a mere two more squishy-minded replacements to the highest
court in New York State will open the floodgates to legal personhood for
animals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/nyregion/happy-elephant-animal-rights.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DLDm8eiOIEGYWP-kDLIqpqf8MimjmfScdBObkzAfV0z-pWOwl3SgaovoDCmIgAJ299j7OPaV4M_sCHW6Eko3itZ3OlKex7yfq040-KOWi6X7jZhCIlOAoxppJ6fFmgjGhex6rCR-4k2dB12vkxF9stE2d7ESqJvfXpDx55O96UPFqLukRtBbYvCXyElsWc6rkAbAxWFVrBKXt_6m0749pZU8gFaOe9d1VzPZqj3shCTzBgP4yrBJYuRobLl7kMsbXFqhCEycTe1OyMx-qe1r6BepjEh-ALW4S5&smid=url-share
