Not too early is it? 2008 Presidential fun

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

There are many federal laws that protect "non persons" (I can't shoot my pet bald eagle by federal law)

Sure, but those could all be repealed tomorrow, and if the government decided to massacre all the eagles, not the due process clause or anything else in the U.S. Constitution could stop them. Perhaps it could be argued that the law was not rationally related to a legitimate government interest, but I'm not sure who would have standing to make that claim. Maybe the Lorax.