Should the Colorado River have standing?

On Monday a lawsuit was filed in Federal District Court in Colorado naming the Colorado River ecosystem as a plaintiff.  The suit holds the state of Colorado liable for violating the river’s “right to exist, flourish, regenerate, be restored and naturally evolve.”

Since the River can’t appear in court, a group called Deep Green Resistance is filing the suit.  Before you laugh, remember that the U.S. Supreme Court said corporations were people in its “Citizens United” decision.  I also would point out that I have a book from the 70s entitled “Should Trees Have Standing?” that argues they should.

Legal experts say the case is a long shot, but I thought the idea of corporate citizenship was ridiculous.  Rivers are more living things than soulless corporations.

You can read the article at <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/us/does-the-colorado-river-have-rights-a-lawsuit-seeks-to-declare-it-a-person.html>.

And one more thing:  People often ask me how I find things to write about.  My problem is what NOT to write about.  Kurdish independence.  Catalonian independence.  Jeff Sessions lecturing college students about free speech rights but not his boss.  The EPA chief ordering a sound proof room.  The slap down of Trump in Alabama.  The fact that approximately 50% of Americans don’t know that Puerto Ricans are also Americans.  Trump calling for an end to the inheritance tax to ensure a hereditary aristocracy.  

This is a target rich environment.