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Joe Biden’s DOJ Is Claiming “There Is No Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate”

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  • People who are saying "this is technically correct" forget that The 9nth amendment says this

    "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

    Which is to say, Just because a right isn't explicitly enumerated in the constitution does not mean the people don't retain that right. I would think the right to not have the planet not be destroyed by Fossil Fuel Companies would fall under that, along with clean and and water and all the rest.

  • It's my understanding that their constitution was intended to be regularly updated, with things being added, modified or replaced as the needs and sensibilities of the times changed.

    When it was written, nobody could have fathomed that one might need to specify the right to a stable climate, because humans couldn't modify the climate.

    Now, we can, and have, in horrific ways.

    So, it's reasonable to consider adding this right to their constitution, unless you don't think people have a right to, well, life. As the climate changes, a great many things change to make simply staying alive more and more difficult, not to mention trying to have a functioning life at the same quality level, in the midst of extreme and more regularly occurring climate change caused wildfires, droughts, floods, etc etc.

  • Aside from the fact that "Joe Biden's" DOJ is correct here, the fact that both this case and this argument were originally established in 2015 under the Obama administration is what truly makes this article outrage clickbait.

  • They could literally just step aside and let the courts determine that right, but no the admin of the "21st century FDR" has gotta expend energy on this fucking hell

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