Amicus Brief Filed to Oppose Writ of Habeas Corpus for Chimps
Earlier today, I filed an amicus brief in opposition to a lawsuit by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP) to release a chimp from captivity in upstate New York -- not pursuant to existing laws governing the mistreatment of animals, but on the novel basis that the chimps are “persons” under the law entitling them to deliverance via habeas corpus. (The suit was featured on the cover of The New York Times Magazine last month). The trial court denied the writ and NRP appealed, but t
