President Obama's nominee for regulatory czar is Cass Sunstein, a man who believes that animals should have some of the same rights as humans, including the right to follow lawsuits. Sunstein also supports outlawing sport hunting, giving animals the legal right to file lawsuits and using government regulations to phase out meat consumption.
The center quotes Sunstein's 2007 speech at Harvard University, where he argued in favor of "eliminating current practices such as … meat eating" and proposed: "We ought to ban hunting, I suggest, if there isn't a purpose other than sport and fun. That should be against the law. It's time now."
He also said, "[Humans'] willingness to subject animals to unjustified suffering will be seen … as a form of unconscionable barbarity… morally akin to slavery and the mass extermination of human beings."
According to the group, Sunstein was editor of the 2004 book "Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions" that said "animals should be permitted to bring suit with human beings as their representatives … Any animals that are entitled to bring suit would be represented by (human) counsel, who would owe guardian-like obligations and make decisions, subject to those obligations, on their clients' behalf."
If Sunstein becomes "regulatory czar," he could bring animal agriculture to an end as we know it. Retail sales of meat and dairy foods, hunting and fishing, biomedical research, pet ownership could see drastic changes.
So, Cass Sunstein, Obama’s possible U.S. Regulatory Czar certainly has his plate full.
But President Obama's nominee has hit a new snag in his Senate confirmation process by Texas Sen. John Cornyn who has put a "hold"on the process.Sen. Cornyn says he's not convinced that Harvard professor Cass Sunstein won't push a radical animal rights agenda, including new restrictions on agriculture and even hunting.
Sunstein has said that he "would not take any steps to promote litigation on behalf of animals," and that he believes the "Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess guns for purposes of both hunting and self defense."
