Dogs and cows cannot ask in their own words to be represented by a lawyer, to file a lawsuit. Or claim to be one or another type of person that we must affirm.

Dogs and cows cannot ask in their own words to be represented by a lawyer, to file a lawsuit. Or claim to be one or another type of person that we must affirm. I don't know how it might apply, but inanimate objects can be charged in the case of civil forfeiture, can't they?