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SCOTUS Puts The Brakes On Kids’ Climate Lawsuit Against The Government
« on: October 20, 2018, 03:18:37 pm »

SCOTUS Puts The Brakes On Kids’ Climate Lawsuit Against The Government
10:34 AM 10/20/2018 | Energy
Chris White | Energy Reporter

Supreme Court Justice John Roberts granted the Trump administration a stay Friday night in a climate lawsuit several young people leveled against the government.

The Trump administration repeatedly asked both the SCOTUS and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to stop the trial through a writ of mandamus, a rarely used judicial tool allowing a higher court to overrule a lower court before a verdict is made. Roberts granted mandamus after the 9th Circuit twice turned down the writ.

The 21 plaintiffs, all between the ages of 11 and 22, are arguing that federal officials violated their due process rights by allowing the fossil fuel industry to release greenhouse gas emissions, despite knowing for years that such emissions can cause climate change. (RELATED: Washington Throws Out Climate Lawsuit Brought By Environmentalists Using Children As Props)

https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/20/supreme-court-kids-climate/
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Re: SCOTUS Puts The Brakes On Kids’ Climate Lawsuit Against The Government
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2018, 03:45:52 pm »
Scotus should have also mandated prosecution of the lawyers who brought this ridiculous lawsuit before the court.
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Re: SCOTUS Puts The Brakes On Kids’ Climate Lawsuit Against The Government
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2018, 01:05:50 pm »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on October 20, 2018, 03:45:52 pm
Scotus should have also mandated prosecution of the lawyers who brought this ridiculous lawsuit before the court.

A modified "Loser Pays" law that states if the plaintiff cannot pay for the defendant's legal fees, then the plaintiff's lawyers have to pay. That will stop most frivolous lawsuits dead in their tracks
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Re: SCOTUS Puts The Brakes On Kids’ Climate Lawsuit Against The Government
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2018, 01:28:26 am »
Quote from: Joe Wooten on October 21, 2018, 01:05:50 pm
A modified "Loser Pays" law that states if the plaintiff cannot pay for the defendant's legal fees, then the plaintiff's lawyers have to pay. That will stop most frivolous lawsuits dead in their tracks
I like that idea.

Even more dynamic than losers pay.

And it trims not only the frivolous plaintiffs, but their supporters.
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Re: SCOTUS Puts The Brakes On Kids’ Climate Lawsuit Against The Government
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2018, 01:32:39 am »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on October 22, 2018, 01:28:26 am
I like that idea.

Even more dynamic than losers pay.

And it trims not only the frivolous plaintiffs, but their supporters.

I cannot say that I came up with it. I first heard this proposal back in the early 1990's in Texas. Can't remember who told me about it.
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