The Aporia
15 articles about 15 events for “Climate Law Challenges” from The Guardian.
“Both must approve federal legislation before it can become law and both play important roles in overseeing the executive branch.”
“A petition of habeas corpus – Latin for “you shall have a body” – challenges in a federal court the government’s right to hold someone in custody while their main legal case is proceeding.”
“… Silva in Sunday’s presidential runoff against his extreme right challenger Flavío Bolsonaro has brought oceans of rapturous supporters on to the streets, while also thrilling conservationists, climate activists and social justice campaigners across the…”
“Both must approve federal legislation before it can become law and both play important roles in overseeing the executive branch.”
“Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has warned that the technology could cause widespread unemployment within one to five years, eliminating many positions in law, tech, finance and other white-collar professions.”
“(Paxton and the entrepreneur denied that allegation.) There was the time in 2013 that Paxton allegedly stole a fellow lawyer’s $1,000 Montblanc pen.”
“Climate change minister Chris Bowen, in Fiji where he is chairing climate negotiations, said: “The law of the land is law of the land, as interpreted by the high court, and we respect that.”
“If on 6 October the court decides, as expected, that the charge of misuse of public funds is covered by the amnesty law passed by the Spanish government in 2024, Puigdemont should be free to return without fear of arrest.”
“Maine adopted its own climate seal earlier this year, and California just signed into law a bill to establish the seal for graduates there.”
“The charter also speaks of the obligations of international law.”
“The leaders of France and Canada have pledged closer ties to grapple with rising geopolitical tensions, climate change and the erosion of democratic values, after they met in a French territory off Canada’s Atlantic coast.”
“The person they choose will face a combination of challenges unlike any that their predecessors have had to deal with.”
“When Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a law erasing the words “climate change” from state statutes in May 2024 – colloquially known as the “don’t say climate change” law – Democrats were outraged.”
“Veteran lawyers lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’ A cluster of advocacy groups that boast veteran lawyers, voting experts and former judges have expanded legal challenges to Donald Trump’s authoritarian executive orders on voting…”
“A geography professor alleges in a lawsuit filed this week in federal court in Manhattan that he was fired from his tenured position at the US Military Academy at West Point “because he taught that humans influenced climate change”.”