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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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[–] Sentrovasi@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then possibly something needs to change - add a new Amendment or something. But to claim that old laws written with an old understanding of how the world works needs to somehow carry the semantic weight of something it was never written to do seems a bit much.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Why does the Constitution need to be involved? The federal government already has power to regulate emissions, so there's nothing stopping Congress (from a constitutional perspective) from passing laws to do so.