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Joe Biden’s DOJ Is Claiming “There Is No Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate” (jacobin.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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In the same week large swaths of the US were under extreme heat warnings, Joe Biden’s Justice Department filed its most recent motion to dismiss a landmark climate case by arguing that nothing in the Constitution guarantees the right to a secure climate.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I mean...it doesn't

Who thinks it does? What a silly idea

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Correct, the constitution does not literally call out the right to a stable climate, however it's kinda hard to make good on any other constitutional right if populations being culled by extreme heat becomes the new worldwide norm.

[–] andysteakfries 12 points 1 year ago

Yes, we should take aggressive action to eliminate every trace of fossil fuels currently in use.

But also, bringing legal action to enforce a law that pretty plainly doesn't exist doesn't do anyone any good.

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