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·
    3 年前

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

    • irmoz@reddthat.com
      5·
      3 年前

      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·
          3 年前

          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.