Sierra Club v. Morton
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The Importance of Nature
The more there's human presence there, the less people want to be there. That's sort of what nature is. He makes the point that like lots of inanimate objects actually get treated like as persons in our law and get to sue. And it's a piece of beliefs, right? Hobby Lobby is a corporation. Right. It's just a legal entity. It's a legal fiction. But nonetheless, not only does it get to sue and be sued, it gets to have sincerely held religious beliefs. For example. Like why should the trees have standing? Yes. This was played for laughs in law school. I think especially if you read it like one L, it seems so
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