Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of Youth Climate Case Against Trump

The lead attorney for the 22 plaintiffs said the court has “slammed the courthouse doors on children fighting for their lives.”By Dana Drugmand. A federal appeals court has sided with the Trump administration and 19 Republican-led states in a constitutional challenge to several of President Donald Trump’s executive orders designed to boost fossil fuels, concluding that the youth plaintiffs failed to bring a viable case against the federal government. In affirming a lower court’s dismissal of the lawsuit, called Lighthiser v. Trump, the appeals court said that it was not the role of the judiciary to supervise government energy policy.