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Pluto Sues IAU

There are actually public interest groups for Pluto. And they're suing the International Astronomical Union for downgrading Pluto to a dwarf planet.

"The IAU isn't the end-all, be-all for the solar system," said a public relations spokesperson for Pluto, appearing on CNN's Larry King Show. "You can't just un-designate a planet without giving folks on the planet an opportunity for due process, and the right to be heard, and to challenge the facts upon which the decision is based." The complaint alleges that the IAU violated key provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, federal constitutional law, and certain Plutonian legal principles that are too complicated to set forth here.

"We reject the downgrade from classical planet to 'dwarf planet'," the Plutonian flak told King. "We have a right to self-identity, to call ourselves whatever we want to call ourselves and not allow some pointy-headed scientists on Earth to label us. We feel confident that a jury on Earth or on Pluto or on any other planet will see through the IAU's discrimination and in the end give us celestial justice." Apparently, Pluto has contacted Mark Geragos to see if he will take the case.

It sounds like a joke. I hope very much it is. Otherwise, there are people out there who are discussing "Plutonian legal principles" and feel that this is about "self-identity". Also, that last sentence says Pluto called a lawyer. The rock. In the sky. Called a lawyer.

By min | August 25, 2006, 3:34 PM | Science


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Do it for the children!