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.

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Not only is there nothing in the constitution to prevent them from adding to it, the forefathers urged us to do so, and created systems for exactly that reason. The forefathers weren’t dummies, they were smart guys. That’s why they created something that is supposed to be a living document.

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We should do that! It’s a great idea to add to and modify the document that shapes our rights.

I can think of three new amendments I’d want right away. But I can’t sue the government on the basis of laws that don’t exist.

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I think the compromises they struck have put a lot of that wishful thinking out of reach.

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They are also dead and thus very easy to speak in name of.

Just stop building politics around dead or nearly dead people. There are living ones to take care of.

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While we’re at it let’s give everyone a right to world peace.

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