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Joe Biden’s DOJ is Claiming “There is No Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate” (jacobin.com)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why does it need to be in the US constitution for it to matter?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Many of my countrymen seem to think if it's not a problem written down on some dusty old piece of paper, at least 1-2 centuries old, it isn't a problem now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Something that isn't in the constitution is, by definition, not a constitutional right.