https://narsol.org/2018/03/registry-matters-episode-15-can-speech-be-compelled/
From NARSOL: the U.S. State Department has begun canceling valid passports pursuant to authority granted by Congress in 2016 when it passed International Megan’s Law (IML). This has resulted in American citizens being turned back at several foreign destinations recently. Paul Rigney from Registered Citizen Travel Action Group (RTAG) will share his organization’s knowledge regarding IML issues, which we hope will assist those planning to travel outside the United States. In addition, attorney Paul Dubbeling will answer questions regarding potential litigation challenging IML.
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Thanks for the great comments, Alberto! In regards to your first point, the explicit justification for animal cruelty laws is that they are intended to prevent sadistic behavior of humansso they”re not formulated in a way that claims the animals themselves have rights. In regards to the second point, I think we have to distinguish between “moral personhood of the type moral philosophers talk about and “legal personhood of the type relevant for the law. From what I can tell, the debate about “moral personhood is extremely messy and doesn”t really track the legal debate. So I wouldn”t want to claim that “chimpanzees are not legal persons but should be treated as such, since I think they *are* legal persons. But you certainly could claim that on some accounts of moral personhood they are not persons but nevertheless should be treated as legal persons.