New: Kids climate suit won’t go to trial. Ninth Circuit ruled this morning that the 21 kids in the #Juliana lawsuit would instead have to make their case to the political branches of government. Story on the way.
Here’s a brief rundown of the ruling, with a link to the document. I’ll add more soon, including coverage of the blistering dissent from one of the three judges who issued this morning’s opinion
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From the dissent: “In these proceedings, the government accepts as fact that the United States has reached a tipping point crying out for a concerted response – yet presses ahead toward calamity,” wrote Staton, a Barack Obama appointee
“It is as if an asteroid were barreling toward Earth and the government decided to shut down our only defenses. Seeking to quash this suit, the government bluntly insists that it has the absolute and unreviewable power to destroy the nation.”
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