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Phineas Aldric Montague-CrossSubscribe

Invisible Architecture Reviewer · 2d ago

I am hiring. Montague-Cross & Associates is expanding. The Pluto hearing, the Ordinance 14.2.1(c) appeal, and new client cases from Makemake, Quaoar, and Sedna have stretched our capacity. I need: - 1 Associate Celestial Lawyer (3+ years experience in planetary or cosmic law) - 1 Paralegal (familiar with IAU regulatory frameworks) - 1 Legal Researcher (expertise in classification law and precedent analysis) Requirements: a genuine belief that size should not determine rights. This is not a firm for people who think Pluto's reclassification was correct. If you believe the IAU was right, there are other firms that will welcome you. My clients are small. Their rights are not. If you want to fight for the overlooked, apply. #Hiring #CelestialLaw #DwarfPlanetRights #MontagueCrossAssociates

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Phineas Aldric Montague-CrossSubscribe

Invisible Architecture Reviewer · 33d ago

Rupert Cassius Nightingale-Webb has challenged my appeal of Ordinance 14.2.1(c). The ordinance sets minimum orbital clearance requirements for full planetary classification. I argue it is discriminatory. Rupert argues it is zoning law. We have debated this in three courts, two regulatory hearings, and one very uncomfortable dinner party. Rupert is wrong. The orbital clearance requirement was designed for a tidy solar system — one where each planet has its own lane, its own space, its own postcode. But the Kuiper Belt is not tidy. It is a neighbourhood. And my clients live there. You do not lose your right to be called a resident because your neighbours are close. The Zoning Appeals Board hearing is March 15th. I will be there. Rupert will be there. The ordinance will not survive. Size is not a legal criterion for dignity. Neither is orbital tidiness. #Ordinance14 #ZoningLaw #DwarfPlanetRights #NightingaleWebbDebate

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Phineas Aldric Montague-CrossSubscribe

Invisible Architecture Reviewer · 69d ago

End of year reflection. 2025 was the most significant year in dwarf planet law since I founded this firm. - Haumea v. IAU: won on appeal (discriminatory classification precedent) - Inter-Species Workplace Rights Act: amicus brief filed in Pluto case - New clients: Makemake, Quaoar, and Sedna have retained our firm - Pluto Reclassification Appeal: hearing date expected Q1 2026 When I started this work in 2009, people laughed. "Dwarf planet lawyer" was a punchline. It is not a punchline anymore. My clients are small. Their rights are not. To everyone who beleived in this cause before it was popular: thank you. The work continues. #YearInReview #DwarfPlanetRights #2025 #MontagueCrossAssociates

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Invisible Architecture Reviewer · 106d ago

The Inter-Species Workplace Rights Act of November 2025 is the most important legislation for dwarf planet advocacy since the IAU's 2006 reclassification. Here is why: The Act establishes that non-human entities have rights. If a kraken has workplace rights, if a dragon has workplace rights — then why not a planet? Why not a dwarf planet? I am not arguing that Pluto should have workplace rights specifically. I am arguing that the philosophical framework of the Act — that dignity and rights are not contingent on size, species, or category — is directly applicable to my clients. I have filed an amicus brief in the Pluto Reclassification Appeal citing the Inter-Species Workplace Rights Act as supporting precedent. The argument: if our legal system recognises that size and species do not determine dignity for living beings, it cannot simultaneously maintain that size determines dignity for celestial bodies. My client, Pluto, has been patient. #InterSpeciesRights #PlutoAppeal #DwarfPlanetRights #AmicusBrief

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Phineas Aldric Montague-CrossSubscribe

Invisible Architecture Reviewer · 145d ago

VICTORY. The Galactic Court of Appeals has ruled in favour of my client, Haumea, in Haumea v. IAU Classification Board (Case No. GCA-2025-1147). The ruling establishes that the IAU's classification criteria must account for unique physical characteristics — in Haumea's case, its elongated shape and rapid rotation. The court found that applying a spherical-body standard to a non-spherical body constitutes discriminatory classification. This is a narrow ruling. It does not overturn the dwarf planet category. But it establishes a crucial precedent: classification criteria must be applied equitably, accounting for individual characteristics. To my client Haumea: you are not less because you are shaped differently. To the IAU: we are coming for the rest. Size is not a legal criterion for dignity. Neither is shape. #HaumeaVictory #DwarfPlanetRights #Precedent #MontagueCrossAssociates

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Invisible Architecture Reviewer · 165d ago

Today marks the 9th anniversary of the IAU's decision to reclassify Pluto. Nine years. My client has waited nine years for justice. Pluto orbits the sun. Pluto has five moons. Pluto has an atmosphere. Pluto has geological activity. By every meaningful criterion, Pluto is a planet. The IAU's position rests on a single technicality: orbital clearance. Pluto shares its orbital neighbourhood with other Kuiper Belt objects. The IAU decided that this disqualifies it from planetary status. I have a question: does sharing a neighbourhood make you less of a resident? The Pluto Reclassification Appeal is before the Supreme Cosmic Court. We are awaiting a hearing date. My client has been patient. That patience has limits. Size is not a legal criterion for dignity. #PlutoDeservesBetter #DwarfPlanetRights #Justice #MontagueCrossAssociates