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.

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.

  • Pons_Aelius
    24•1 year ago

    Breaking news: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness does not include a right to a liveable environment.

    (yes I know this is from the DOI, not the constitution, and has no legal force)

      • Pons_Aelius
        9•1 year ago

        Apparently, the right to life and the right to keep living are two very different things to the justice department.

        Then again, why are we surprised when a life spent is solitary confinement does not meet the definition of “cruel and unusual punishment” for the same group.

    • @dx1English
      1•1 year ago

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