The whole point of the constitution is “to ensure domestic tranquility”, and “no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process…” but I guess we get to handwave that if the means of deprivation being legislated is a second order effect.
There was due process, didn’t you see the profits of big oil?
The Department of Justice said this, not Joe Biden. Fuck this headline.
There isn’t. It’s just that if you keep destabilizing the climate your practical right to keep your head and shoulders in the same place keeps deminishing
Technically true, but supremely unhelpful.
Quite helpful if website clicks pay your mortgage, quit being so selfish.
That’s because the Constitution was made way before this was a problem lmao
I suppose you could argue they are technically sort of rightish but uh, hey, what the fuck? We all have to live here you fucking assholes!
I mean, there isn’t one. The Biden administration has been the most active on climate change in American history, but the constitution is silent on the subject.
The right to manipulate the environment was not specifically conveyed to Congress, so it is retained by the states or the people. Congress is therefore infringing on our 10th amendment right to a stable environment when it acts outside of its mandate.
This isn’t surprising. Thw US Constitution doesn’t encompass all legislation or possibilities. That’s the purpose of legislation from congress.
That so many keep turning tonl the constitution all the time for answers speaks volumes about how broken the US Congress and state level political systems are.
Basically if we want legislation to enforce climate stabilisation and prioritisation then the US needs to do something about it’s polarised and clogged up political system.
Personally I think proportional representation to break the power of the duopoly of dems and repubs is the way to go. Citizens in individual states and communities may even have potential routes to do that at local levels through their plebiscite systems. They could break the system from the bottom but for whatever reason aren’t.
There’s also nothing in the constitution that says we can’t take firearms and kill the living shit out of the motherfuckers that run our offices when they make statements that go against the wellbeing of the US people, kinda similar to the one made here
Off you go then.
SCOTUS dropped that case in 2018.
I mean, yeah. It’d be more of a human right, wouldn’t it?
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…
Anything from the Bible we can use to say do not fuck the planet?
Montana courts: certifies state constitutional environmental guarantees.
Federal government: LOL…no
States have different constitutions than the federal government, so different things are constitutionally guaranteed.
Yes, that was my poorly made point.
