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Assessing the Legality of Juliana v. United States

In recent months, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal has captured the nation’s attention, as it presents the first comprehensive legislative effort to combat global warming. However, in the discussion of the government’s responsibility to mitigate the effects of climate change, a certain case has been lost in the noise. Juliana v. United States is a class action lawsuit in which twenty-one plaintiffs (all undergraduates at various colleges and universities across the country) are suing United States executive agencies, including the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency, for a violation of their constitutional rights.

JiHoon KoApril 15, 2019Juliana v. United States, class action, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, Supreme Court, Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, Juliana is Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, global warming, environmental protectionComment