Juliana v. United States

摘要

Throughout their objections, defendants and intervenors attempt to subject a lawsuit alleging constitutional injuries to case law governing statutory and common-law environmental claims. They are correct that plaintiffs likely could not obtain the relief they seek through citizen suits brought under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, or other environmental laws. But that argument misses the point. This action is of a different order than the typical environmental case. It alleges that defendants' actions and inactions-whether or not they violate any specific statutory duty-have so profoundly damaged our home planet that they threaten plaintiffs' fundamental constitutional rights to life and liberty.