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Kids are taking the feds -- and possibly Trump -- to court over climate change
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WiiredShawn
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Time to extend voting rights to everyone over the age of 9.
broncobuster
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Kids are able to fight at Trump's level.
We have no choice.
We have to hold them accountable for selling out our collective future for the sake of short-term profit.
These people are engaging in acts that are basically cartoon villainy. This is one of the purest displays of pure evil we'll ever see in the public eye. This is the kind of shit that warrants extra special castigation.
We have to use whatever avenues are available to us to take them to task. To do anything less is to relegate the human race to a future of endless suffering.
We have to hold them accountable for selling out our collective future for the sake of short-term profit.
These people are engaging in acts that are basically cartoon villainy. This is one of the purest displays of pure evil we'll ever see in the public eye. This is the kind of shit that warrants extra special castigation.
We have to use whatever avenues are available to us to take them to task. To do anything less is to relegate the human race to a future of endless suffering.
These kids are awesome. We need to give them as much support as possible.
This should be a lesson to anyone supporting Trump. You are literally dooming your children and grandchildren by denying climate change. Maybe think a little more about how your actions affect the future and not just in the next five minutes.
This should be a lesson to anyone supporting Trump. You are literally dooming your children and grandchildren by denying climate change. Maybe think a little more about how your actions affect the future and not just in the next five minutes.
Having seen write in ballots for a middle/high school students... no. Though "mike lindell (the inventor of mypillow)" would certainly be better than Trump.
TheCochese
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Fight it at every turn.
In the streets.
In the government.
In the courts.
In the streets.
In the government.
In the courts.
Silver Arrows
Banned
Rage, America. Rage into this quiet night and show that you won't stand down to people who seem intent on believing that not abhorring white supremacy and fascism makes complicit in it.
I wish Americans could realize that they are ruining the rest of the world here. Climate change will affect island nations, coastal communities, and the poor first. That map of Florida flooded and whatnot is a scare tactic. Americans will spend hundreds of millions to billions on band-aid solutions to save themselves. Oh sea level is rising lets raise all roads in coastal cities 4 feet up. But what do the people in Maldives do?
I still cannot believe that so many people saw Before the Flood and then just a few days later, a man who said Climate Change is a chinese hoax was voted into office. You are giving up on the next silicon valley level of industry in terms of renewable and green energy all so oil companies and corporations can reap the land and bleed it dry to sell and make billions in profit.
I still cannot believe that so many people saw Before the Flood and then just a few days later, a man who said Climate Change is a chinese hoax was voted into office. You are giving up on the next silicon valley level of industry in terms of renewable and green energy all so oil companies and corporations can reap the land and bleed it dry to sell and make billions in profit.
SwiftDeath
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Case existed for a while and started against Obama.
It was a good idea at inception and is desperately needed now so I'm happy for its existence.
I doubt anything will legally come from this but exposure is great.
It was a good idea at inception and is desperately needed now so I'm happy for its existence.
I doubt anything will legally come from this but exposure is great.
The most annoying part is that we will likely have the technology to reverse climate change over the coming decades, but even if we can reverse it, we can't reverse the damage it causes through rising sea levels, ocean acidification, desertification, and deadly weather patterns. In other words: the damage has already been done, and it's us younger folks who get to bear the brunt of it all.
Fuck old people.
Fuck old people.
This is the best thing I've read today.
They aren't complaining and writing blogs. They aren't bitching on Facebook. They aren't doing some kind of protest that would be written off immediately.
They are working within the system in a way that makes people pay attention, which is costing them money. Fucking incredible. Good job parents, good job kids.
They aren't complaining and writing blogs. They aren't bitching on Facebook. They aren't doing some kind of protest that would be written off immediately.
They are working within the system in a way that makes people pay attention, which is costing them money. Fucking incredible. Good job parents, good job kids.
everyday math
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Agreed.
Fulminator
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FantasticMrFoxdie
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Hell yes
WaterAstro
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The world needs to sue all of the Climate Change Deniers and the lobbyists.
jack_package_200
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Good on them.
They have my sword.
They have my sword.
Well, that's better than Harambe. Kids win again.
darkwing-buck
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This made my day.
Darryl M R
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Beautiful.
What would happen if all the Americans that acknowledge climate change brought a lawsuit to the Federal officials that deny or worsen the situation?
Is it even possible?
What would happen if all the Americans that acknowledge climate change brought a lawsuit to the Federal officials that deny or worsen the situation?
Is it even possible?
I think this pretty much is that lawsuit.
But maybe we should be throwing the book at them. Maybe we should be inundating them with our ire. Quietly voting against them sure as hell isn't gonna work.
Mister Zimbu
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Can't wait for this to be thrown out by the Supreme Court 5-4
Sweeney Tom
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Fight the enemy anywhere and everywhere you can. Don't ever stop or quit
Host Samurai
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9 year old kids, smarter than 90% of Trump supporters. Not surprised
Where can I donate to these kids legal fees? Seriously, I will do it right now.
When one is 16, a new government affects their life for the next 4 years, just as they are becoming an adult or starting college. It's an important time in ones life, and they should have a voice in it.
Joking aside, the voting age should be at least 16. It's the same logic for why the driving age is 16. It's not that kids absolutely need to drive at 16, but it gives them a couple years of learning so when they are an adult, they can drive as needed.
When one is 16, a new government affects their life for the next 4 years, just as they are becoming an adult or starting college. It's an important time in ones life, and they should have a voice in it.
Sometimes, you just have to applaud creative lawyering. It's a very interesting theory.
I do not think it is a very strong argument, however. I cannot think of a single interpretation of the Constitution that has ever forced a President to affirmatively regulate something. Can anyone help me out?
The flaw is that the government would not be depriving these children of liberty or property by eliminating regulations propagated by the EPA. Rather, it's the businesses that are unregulated and spewing chemicals into the air that would be causing the deprivation. Their causes of action would have to be against those businesses and not the Executive Branch.
If Donald Trump eliminates EPA regulations, he still would not be doing anything that is unconstitutional.
DiipuSurotu
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Finally a good "Kids React To..." thread.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
As an Oregonian, I'm very proud of these kids. And not very surprised, Oregon is maybe the most concious state of keeping its nature preserved and due to it being a place where multiple climates and biomes meet you get to see a lot of the direct effects of nature around here. Things like outdoor school and visits to various natural beauty sights around here is common in schools.
DontBeThatGuy
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Holy shit, this is amazing. (regardless of outcome)
Ryouji Gunblade
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They should watch Captain Planet and do an epic cosplay.
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