Climate Case Youth Urge Supreme Court to Amend ‘Abuse of Rules’

The 21 youth plaintiffs of Juliana v. United States are petitioning the US Supreme Court to reverse a recent lower court dismissal of their case, in efforts to keep their lawsuit alive.

The young challengers filed a writ of mandamus on Thursday, following a fatal blow to the case earlier this year from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

The case was dismissed in May, when a Ninth Circuit panel granted a government request to have the lawsuit tossed for lack of standing. The Ninth Circuit also denied their request for a rehearing.

In their mandamus petition ...