“Is Fish Meat?” One Justice’s Answer Shows Why the Supreme Court Is So Broken.

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“Is Fish Meat?” One Justice’s Answer Shows Why the Supreme Court Is So Broken.
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Fish may or may not be meat, but bumblebees are classified as fish under California law.

Yep it’s to better protect them as endangered species.

Yeah but its still stupid that they had to do that to get protection.

"You ain't a fish, sorry can't protect you"

Can we now claim that it’s a type of fish that are the world’s best pollinators?

I see it as a clever way to circumvent the dumb bureaucracy BS that might otherwise inhibit their ability to protect them.

They could try to rework the system in place, and spend however many months or years working through that process, or they could slap some duct tape on there in the meantime AND look to rework the system.

Yeah its clever but it's still a dumb thing to have to do. Got to praise the legal team representing the bee fish public at large. The system is broken i think its putting duct tape on duck tape at this point.

And bumblebees in particular are in a bad spot, for a variety of mysterious reasons.

Why you gotta do my bro-bees like that? :'-(

See kids, this is why composition is better than inheritance.