Joe Biden’s DOJ is Claiming “There is No Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate” (jacobin.com)

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[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 years ago

Why does it need to be in the US constitution for it to matter?

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 2 years ago

Many of my countrymen seem to think if it's not a problem written down on some dusty old piece of paper, at least 1-2 centuries old, it isn't a problem now.

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[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Something that isn't in the constitution is, by definition, not a constitutional right.

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