Climate Change Lawsuit
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:05 pm
I wonder if we could get these same young people to file a lawsuit against the Federal Debt ??
An intriguing climate change lawsuit filed by a group of young people against the U.S. government.
The suit, filed in 2015 by 21 plaintiffs now ages 11 to 22, argues that the failure of government leaders to battle climate change violates their constitutional right to life, liberty, property and to a “stable climate system” that will sustain human life.
The Supreme Court refused to halt the case. But it said that the government could present arguments against the case before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the future.
The top court’s ruling acknowledged that the suit involves a number of “unprecedented legal theories” — including a “due process right to certain climate conditions” and an “equal protection right to live in the same climate as enjoyed by prior generations.”
In the latest argument, Solicitor General Noel Francisco complained in a brief to the Supreme Court that the plaintiffs “seek nothing less than a complete transformation of the American energy system — including the abandonment of fossil fuels — ordered by a single district court at the behest” of a group of young people.
Julia Olson: What is Our Children's Trust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... aw4WFVKVMI
Julia Olson, lead council in the historic climate change case Juliana v. United States, explains why she founded Our Children’s Trust in support of young people. This groundbreaking lawsuit filed against the U.S. federal government by 21 youth plaintiffs and climate scientist James Hansen on behalf of current and future generations is slated to go to trial in fall 2018. The small non-profit organization has done most of the heavy lifting to set this case in motion, while also inspiring, guiding and catalyzing similar cases all over the world defending the rights of young people against government apathy and government support of the fossil fuel industry at the expense of public health.
An intriguing climate change lawsuit filed by a group of young people against the U.S. government.
The suit, filed in 2015 by 21 plaintiffs now ages 11 to 22, argues that the failure of government leaders to battle climate change violates their constitutional right to life, liberty, property and to a “stable climate system” that will sustain human life.
The Supreme Court refused to halt the case. But it said that the government could present arguments against the case before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the future.
The top court’s ruling acknowledged that the suit involves a number of “unprecedented legal theories” — including a “due process right to certain climate conditions” and an “equal protection right to live in the same climate as enjoyed by prior generations.”
In the latest argument, Solicitor General Noel Francisco complained in a brief to the Supreme Court that the plaintiffs “seek nothing less than a complete transformation of the American energy system — including the abandonment of fossil fuels — ordered by a single district court at the behest” of a group of young people.
Julia Olson: What is Our Children's Trust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... aw4WFVKVMI
Julia Olson, lead council in the historic climate change case Juliana v. United States, explains why she founded Our Children’s Trust in support of young people. This groundbreaking lawsuit filed against the U.S. federal government by 21 youth plaintiffs and climate scientist James Hansen on behalf of current and future generations is slated to go to trial in fall 2018. The small non-profit organization has done most of the heavy lifting to set this case in motion, while also inspiring, guiding and catalyzing similar cases all over the world defending the rights of young people against government apathy and government support of the fossil fuel industry at the expense of public health.
