[Alberta's Child]

Interestingly enough, Dred Scott is still the law of the land in one respect -- and rightly so. The basic point of that decision was that a "non-person" has no standing to file suit in Federal court, and that remains unchanged even though the determination that a black man was a "non-person" was utterly disgraceful.

A lawyer, for example, cannot file a suit in Federal court on behalf of a dog or cat.

[The Red Zone]

But then, neither a dog nor a cat can be charged with assault or murder. Somehow that principle didn't get transferred over to these non-persons with very much diligence.