In the same week large swaths of the US were under extreme heat warnings, Joe Biden’s Justice Department filed its most recent motion to dismiss a landmark climate case by arguing that nothing in the Constitution guarantees the right to a secure climate.
  • quindraco@lemm.ee
    15·
    11 months ago

    It certainly falls under life, but you have no Constitutional right to life, either.

    • irmoz@reddthat.com
      5·
      11 months ago

      No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

        • lumpen2@slrpnk.net
          3·
          11 months ago

          Part of it is due process, but it also means you have the right to not be killed by the actions of the government without being found guilty of a crime.