I have no idea how to solve this. The legitimacy of the courts has already been ruthlessly undermined (attempting enforcement of the interim court order in 2019 is what *started* all of this), that I’m not sure another ruling would be recognized at all. What then?
The supremacy of the courts is the mortar that holds together the social contract. Too many have spent too long playing with fire. What happens when the counter protesters start disobeying too?
Some of us saw this coming a mile away. Others charged ahead & caused it. Now what?
Some of us saw this coming a mile away. Others charged ahead & caused it. Now what?
We live in an age where the courts can say “this is the law,” and anybody with a website can post a piece saying “no it’s not” and that piece gets 100,000 views, and the general public says 🤷🏻♂️.
People realize that it’s all arguable. That’s when it falls apart. We’re in trouble.
People realize that it’s all arguable. That’s when it falls apart. We’re in trouble.
It’s already starting. There aren’t enough police to arrest them all if they really decide they’re going to clear the tracks.
What happens then? The courts are a shield as much as they are a sword. I fear what is being done will not be easily undone.
What happens then? The courts are a shield as much as they are a sword. I fear what is being done will not be easily undone.
All this, because among the deeply and thoroughly consulted natural resource projects in history failed to secure unanimous support.
I get the imperative to block fossil fuel expansion at any cost, but *any* cost means any cost. I don’t even think things can be stopped now...
I get the imperative to block fossil fuel expansion at any cost, but *any* cost means any cost. I don’t even think things can be stopped now...
