In other news, global heatwave continues to smash records:
- Tbilisi: 41�C
- Baku: 43�C
- Yerevan: 42�C
- Iran: 53�C
- Montreal: 37�C
- Ottawa: 47�C
- Denver: 40�C
- Los Angeles: 44�C (111�F) and all of Southern Ca
- Scotland: 33.2�C
It�s a hot new world and getting hotter. Republicans fiddle while the planet is burning. (If you think � as some Republicans do � that we �can�t afford� to address climate change or that government intervention is �unconstitutional�, just wait until the planet is 10% hotter or more, than it is today.)
July 30, 2018
Contacts:
Philip Gregory, 650-278-2957, ?pgregory@gregorylawgroup.com
To set up interviews with youth plaintiffs, contact: Meg Ward, 503-341-8590, ?meg@ourchildrenstrust.org
U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Youth Plaintiffs, Allows ?Juliana v. United States ?to Proceed to Trial
Washington, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of the 21 youth plaintiffs in ?Juliana v. United States,? the constitutional climate lawsuit filed against the federal government. The Court denied the Trump administration�s application for stay, preserving the U.S. District Court�s trial start date of October 29, 2018. The Court also denied the government�s �premature� request to review the case before the district court hears all of the facts that support the youth�s claims at trial. The Supreme Court�s decision follows the July 20 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals, also in favor of the youth, denying the government�s highly unusual second petition for writ of mandamus.
The Court ?stated?: �The breadth of [the youth�s] claims is striking� and ordered the District Court to take the federal government�s �concerns into account in assessing the burdens of discovery and trial, as well as the desirability of a prompt ruling on the Government�s pending dispositive motions.� On July 18, 2018, the District Court expressed its intent to issue a ruling on the government�s motions promptly.
Julia Olson?, ?executive director and chief legal counsel of ?Our Children�s Trust? and co-counsel for youth plaintiffs said:
�?This decision should give young people courage and hope that their third branch of government, all the way up to the Supreme Court, has given them the green light to go to trial in this critical case about their unalienable rights. We look forward to presenting the scientific evidence of the harms and dangers these children face as a result of the actions their government has taken to cause the climate crisis.�
