In the same week large swaths of the US were under extreme heat warnings, Joe Biden’s Justice Department filed its most recent motion to dismiss a landmark climate case by arguing that nothing in the Constitution guarantees the right to a secure climate.
While it has no legal force, it does show what the laws that govern our society should reflect. The DOJ has no problem following a suggested notion that “no sitting president can be charged with a crime”, why can’t it follow a clearly stated purpose of:
“establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.”?