Posted on 08/12/2015 11:10:07 AM PDT by PROCON
One kid says that his family’s farm has been damaged by drought and wildfire. Another says that his childhood home has been devalued by rising sea levels. A third alleges an assault on his whole culture as man-made climate change upends the natural world.
These and 18 other “youth plaintiffs” (ages 8 to 19) sued the federal government on Wednesday, walking a first-of-its-kind constitutional claim up the courthouse steps in Eugene, Oregon. The kids argue that inaction on climate change is a violation of their right to life, liberty and property. And they demand that President Obama, seven federal departments and the Environmental Protection Agency act immediately to preserve the climate for “future generations.”
The White House and EPA were not immediately available for comment.
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I believe it's outright child abuse for these nutcase parents to indoctrinate these kids with their lies and then have them bring these frivolous lawsuits up.
Oregon is definitely the land of nuts.
Shouldn’t they be suing their parents, because its their fault really
I cannot believe I am seeing this happen in my lifetime. They are winning at warp speed.
Future generations are being taxed without representation due to deficit spending.
Too busy cashing the SuperFund check for the Colorado River...
Will be interesting to see if the courts award damages for things that have not happened yet.
Just a few thousand years ago most of what is now the United States was under a mile of ice and snow.
There were not enough men in the world to have any effect, yet the ice melted and the glaciers receded.
Yes, climate changes.
No, man has nothing to do with it.
The funny thing is, if they “win” they and their children will be paying for it the rest of their life.
In the name of nature man must be put in cages.
More evidence that this country has gone insane.
so.....unborn generations have no right to life, but they can sue?
Sounds like an assignment
Their lawsuits have been struck down in each state they've petitioned thus far.
Mine should be suing because of the relentless attacks on our vital energy industries, in which I work. They have been deprived because between paying for stuff for other people we can’t afford for ourselves and hiccups in the industry, their standard of living is lower and our income keeps getting interrupted.
It was all that methane output from the sport-utility Bison that caused the warmup. (Yeah, right, that’s it! Think that’s grant worthy?)
Can we use this logic to sue liberals for the economic damage caused by THEIR regulations, past and present?
But...but...but...what about their GOOD INTENTIONS?
No, silly, everything evil trace back to Bush.....there’s no human progress until TEH WON.
There’s $200 trillion on these kids credit card with more charges coming.
Smart kids would sue to gut the federal government by 80%.
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