Posted on 02/26/2019 5:12:23 AM PST by vannrox
A federal judge in Pennsylvania dismissed a climate lawsuit brought by an environmental organization and two children against the federal government. The lawsuit, Clean Air Council v. United States, claimed that Trump administration rollbacks of environmental regulations and other “anti-science” decisions violate Constitutional rights and the public trust.
In dismissing the claims on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond scoffed at what he interpreted as a request that he “supervise any actions the President and his appointees take that might touch on ‘the environment.’”
Beyond ruling on this case, however, Diamond went further to rebuke U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken for her ruling in Juliana v. United States that the young plaintiffs had a Constitutional right to a livable climate. When Aiken ordered that lawsuit to trial in 2016, she said “the right to a climate system capable of sustaining human life is fundamental to a free and ordered society,” becoming the first U.S. judge to recognize that right.
Diamond said that ruling is at odds with previous court decisions and “the Juliana Court certainly contravened or ignored longstanding authority.”
He also took issue with what guaranteeing a stable climate would entail,, calling it “without apparent limit.”
In dismissing the case before him, Diamond said the Pennsylvania plaintiffs, who filed the suit in 2017, lacked standing. The two boys said their serious allergies and asthma were directly linked to the impacts of climate change, but Diamond said they failed to directly tie their injuries to government actions. Diamond said he interpreted this case as a political dispute. “Plaintiffs’ disagreement with Defendants is a policy debate best left to the political process,” he wrote.
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has anyone noticed that in the last few days we have High School students less than 16 years old getting active at congress, the media and such. It seems like an orchestrated assault and push. What is going on?
They’re being organized.
red diaper doper babies and they are coached/groomed.
Leftists hiding behind children and using them as props like always.
“anti-science” decisions based on federal government extortion funding, you will agree with our agenda of lies and we will reward you with funding
The Left consists of the Young and Dumb who are easily manipulated and the Old and Confused who seek to manipulate them. The bookends of the Democrats are AOC (and some HS students) and Nancy Pelosi.
Normal people are walking away.
Where’s the media reporting on this? Too busy breathlessly reporting that Cohen might say Trump lied? Imagine if they had got a Lefty judge on this case who would let it go forward. I bet they’d report on it then. Color me cynical (and see tagline)...
Two little brainwashed, young skulls full of mush. Climate experts. ROTFL. Hell, they haven’t even had time to determine which gender they want to be.
I see little difference between that and ISIS using civilians as human shields.
And would have lit into that teacher in front of the children saying as much.
Burden of proof lies with the plaintiff, doesn’t it?
has anyone noticed that in the last few days we have High School students less than 16 years old getting active at congress, the media and such.
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They are being used as pawns by evil people.
It’s just a matter of time before they get this crap before a sympathetic judge and off we go. On the bright side maybe it would be an opportunity to get a truthful scientific presentation and debunk this BS.
They need to use children, so that AOC, by contrast, looks like the smart adult.
Finally a sane Judge. The first one should be removed from the bench for bad conduct.
Too bad that won’t happen.
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“what that teacher was doing in my mind was child abuse-using the children as props.”
That’s how the party got started in Cambodia. And we all know how that one turned out.
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Appointed by G.W. Bush.
Yet another “Children’s Crusade” in which the LIBs abuse these brain-washed children for their sick ends. If the LIBs can’t manage to murder and chop-up children for sale, they exploit them in campaigns of their lunacy. What pathetic ghouls.
IMO, ‘serious allergies & asthma’ are genetic from their parents, etc.
I also think that too many kids are raised in a bubble of Clorox & other cleaning materials. They never build up immunity to all the outside world. I was raised on a Wisconsin dairy farm. Holstein cows—pigs—sheep—chickens—horses-—Labrador dogs. Mom used to say if we hadn’t eaten a pound of dirt by age 16, we were not immunized.
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