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.
  • Stoneykins [any]
    14•1 year ago

    There is no constitutional right for lots of stuff

    Constitution doesn’t grant rights, it just defines the ones that have been made relevant. Climate change has now made the right to a stable climate relevant, and thus the proper course of action is an amendment.

    I’m not dumb though, I know that shit won’t budge in our current government. So what is to be done when a fucked up government and it’s people disagree about what rights the people have? Something necessary but unpleasant…