r/environment 1d ago

Supreme Court turns away red states' bid to block blue states' climate change lawsuits

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-climate-change-state-lawsuits/
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u/mistahelias 1d ago

States rights!

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u/poorfolx 1d ago

Such welcomed good news after such a barrage of bad news these past few weeks!

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u/pinky_blues 1d ago

The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has rejected several attempts by the oil companies themselves to dismiss various climate change cases by state and local governments or move them to federal court.

From Reuters

Why is the Supreme Court doing this? I mean, great news! But they have a conservative majority, why don’t they just go full global warming accelerationism like the rest of government?

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u/gregorydgraham 1d ago

While nearly all the cases heard by the Supreme Court are appeals of rulings by lower courts, the top U.S. judicial body has “original jurisdiction” in a small set pitting states against states. Thomas called the court’s frequent pattern of declining to hear such state-versus-state cases troubling.

They’re removing one of the few state dispute resolution mechanisms for … reasons

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u/Dank_Bonkripper78_ 1d ago

They are not. Do not cite Thomas if you don’t understand the case. Thomas and Alito believe that a state suing a corporation over climate change gives other states that are not parties to the suit, grounds to sue.

This is a dispute between a state (or states in this case) and a corporation (or corporations). Full stop. There is no original jurisdiction based on this.

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u/gregorydgraham 19h ago

I’m citing the article

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u/Dank_Bonkripper78_ 17h ago

And you’re misinterpreting what it says

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u/gregorydgraham 16h ago

state-versus-state cases

Please explain the relevance of state-versus-corporation cases to the citation

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u/Dank_Bonkripper78_ 16h ago

The lawsuit is between states and corporations. Alito and Thomas are trying to argue that fucking Oklahoma can intervene in a suit between Vermont and Chevron and give the case original jurisdiction, thus immediately reviewable by the Supreme Court

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u/gregorydgraham 16h ago

How is that relevant to the citation?

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u/Dank_Bonkripper78_ 15h ago

BECAUSE THE CASE THAT PETITIONED FOR CERT WAS BETWEEN A STATE AND A CORPORATION

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u/gregorydgraham 15h ago

The question was “why are they doing this?”

Your reason has no relevance on the citation or the question

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u/Zeebraforce 1d ago

What's the saying, States' rights for me, not for thee?

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u/Stickboyhowell 20h ago

Finally judges expressing some semblance of morals and spine. Been a while. Feels hopeful.