Giraffe et al vs. Chambliss

Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA] appeared in Federal District Court in Atlanta to defend a lawsuit brought against him by a group of animals.

The lead plaintiff in the suit is a giraffe living at the Rome, GA municipal zoo. Other plaintiffs include three elephants, an ostrich, four dogs, and a boa constrictor.

They are represented by well-known Atlanta attorney Ami B. Lanschaser. Ms. Lanschaser said that her clients are upset by the defendent’s hold on President Obama’s candidate for regulation czar, Harvard law professor Cass Sunstein, simply because he, Chambliss, opposes the right of animals to sue humans in court.

Plaintiff’s rights have been violated, Lanschaser said. “As we move toward interspecies equality it is vital to preserve these rights”, she said.

Plaintiffs are seeking class action status for their suit.

More Information at The Hill Newspaper

Update

The Senate filibuster on Cass Sunstein was broken on September 9. The vote was 63 – 35. See The Washington Independent . Several Republicans joined the Democrats in voting for cloture. Democrats voting against cloture were Blanche Lincoln [AR] and James Webb [VA].

Sunstein was confirmed as head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on September 10, 2009. The vote was 57 – 40. Democratic Senators James Webb [VA] and Blanche Lincoln [AR] votes no as did Independent Senator Bernie Sanders [VT]. Again, The Washington Independent has the story

The animals were so happy about these developments that they voted by unrecorded voice vote to drop their class-action against Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia.

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