Law and Opa
Law and Opa
Thomas M. Coffin
Episode 5: The Climate Change Case
57 minutes Posted May 17, 2022 at 4:00 am.
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Dad talks about Juliana v. United States- the Climate Change Case that kids brought to a Federal Court in DC, got dismissed, got to his court where he denied the motion to dismiss, went around the appeals process, and is now hanging on by the thread of an amended complaint. What is at the heart of it? Do we have a Constitutional right to a habitable planet? What is the public trust doctrine? Does it apply?  Dad will also reference Citizens United, Brown v. Board of Education, and Korematsu v. United States.