The Biden Administration vs. Climate Youth

The US government has attempted multiple times to halt the progress of the lawsuit, denying the plaintiffs a chance to have their evidence heard.
March 13, 2024
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Quoting:

  • Just last month, for the seventh time in the Juliana lawsuit, the federal government filed for a writ of mandamus, an extreme legal tactic in which a higher court orders a lower court not to hear a case (rather than following the usual process, where the higher court rules on a case only after it has been heard by lower courts). The new move subverts the judicial process and keeps the Juliana 21 from having their evidence heard and considered in open court.
  • …in another case brought by the non-profit Our Children’s Trust (which also filed the Juliana case), a Montana court recently determined that every additional ton of greenhouse-gas emissions would exacerbate the already grave constitutional injuries to the young plaintiffs.
  • by JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ

Read more:

  • Juliana v. US

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