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U.S. judge dismisses boys' lawsuit against Trump climate rollbacks

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A good decision by the judge. This seems to be more resist stuff that tries to stop or slow down
the Trump administration.


U.S. judge dismisses boys' lawsuit against Trump climate rollbacks

U.S. judge dismisses boys' lawsuit against Trump climate rollbacks | Reuters

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by two Pennsylvania boys and an environmental group seeking to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from rolling back regulations addressing climate change, saying the court does not have power to tell the White House what to do. Disagreeing with a judge overseeing a similar case in Oregon, U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond in Philadelphia ruled on Tuesday that the Constitution does not guarantee what the boys and the Clean Air Council called a due process right to a “life-sustaining climate system.”

“Plaintiffs’ disagreement with defendants is a policy debate best left to the political process,” wrote Diamond, an appointee of President George W. Bush. “Because I have neither the authority nor the inclination to assume control of the Executive Branch, I will grant defendants’ motion.”










The case is: The case is Clean Air Council et al v U.S. et al, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, No. 17-04977.
 
I agree with the ruling. The Oregon court's finding of a new due process right is unlikely to hold up.
 
This seems to be the right decision.
 
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