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Joe Biden’s DOJ Is Claiming “There Is No Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate” (jacobin.com)
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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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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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)

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How can one live without a stable environment?

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

Uncomfortably.