Landmark Young People's Climate Ruling

Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses New York City and State leading lawsuits to stop the Trump administration from going forward with a rule change that would give immigration officers unprecedented discretion in denying green cards and vi ...  Show more

June Grasso speaks to legal experts Jonathan Diaz of the Campaign Legal Center, environmental attorney Jennifer Novack and Professor Mary Ziegler of UC Davis Law School about the top legal stories of the week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

This week, a historic case has landed in a Montana courtroom. A group of young environmentalists is suing the state, arguing that its embrace of fossil fuels is destroying pristine environments, upending cultural traditions and robbing young residents of a healthy future.

Dahlia Lithwick is joined by leading environmental lawyer and Harvard professor Richard Lazarus , author of The Rule of Five: Climate History at the Supreme Court, to discuss cases currently flying under many court-watchers’ radar, which could have a huge impact on our ability to ...  Show more

A case argued at the Supreme Court this week—West Virginia v EPA—has potentially huge implications for regulating greenhouse gas emissions. NYU law professor Richard Revesz and Center for Biological Diversity attorney Jason Rylander join us to explain. 

Dahlia Lithwick is joined by leading environmental lawyer and Harvard professor Richard Lazarus , author of The Rule of Five: Climate History at the Supreme Court, to discuss cases currently flying under many court-watchers’ radar, which could have a huge impact on our ability to ...  Show more