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Well, we have the bill of rights which let us gather, and I guess we can’t gather if the climate does not allow people to actually live
I don't think there is a constitutional right to not get hit by giant meteors either.
I think the need to peg action to constitutional rights is a very uniquely American thing. In most other countries a simple addition to the legislature might suffice, whereas here if it's not in a constitution written many years before climate change became a popularly known thing, suddenly nothing can be done.
Nothing can be done by the courts. The legislative branch can still pass laws, they just won't.
In case I was unclear, I meant it more as "people think that nothing can be done". I was addressing the overall sentiment of many of these comments that seemed so betrayed that their constitution didn't protect them from climate change.