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<![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--></h1><p style="text-align:center">“Exercising my ‘reasoned judgment,’ I have no doubt that the right to a climate system capable of sustaining human life is fundamental to a free and ordered society.” –</p><p style="margin-left:160px; text-align:center">- U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken</p><p>Youth filed their<a target="_blank" href="https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/s/YouthAmendedComplaintAgainstUS-t9f3.pdf"> constitutional climate lawsuit</a>, called <em>Juliana v. U.S.</em>, against the U.S. government in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in 2015. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.earthguardians.org/">Earth Guardians</a> is also an organizational plaintiff in the case.</p><p>Their complaint asserts that, through the government's affirmative actions that cause climate change, it has violated the youngest generation’s constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property, as well as failed to protect essential public trust resources.</p><p>The fossil fuel industry initially intervened in the case as defendants, joining the U.S. government in trying to have the case dismissed. In April 2016, U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin <a target="_blank" href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/576195342fe1316f09d2eb8d/1466012983313/16.04.08.OrderDenyingMTD.pdf">recommended denial </a>of both of motions to dismiss. U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken upheld Judge Coffin's recommendation, with the issuance of an historic November 10, 2016 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/s/Order-MTDAiken.pdf">opinion and order</a> denying the motions. When the defendants sought an interlocutory appeal of that order, Judge Aiken <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/s/Aiken-adopts-Coffin-FR.pdf">denied their motions</a> in June 2017.</p><p>In June 2017, Judge Coffin issued <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/s/20170728-Order-Granting-Motions-to-Withdraw-Setting-Trial-Date.pdf">an order </a>releasing the fossil fuel industry defendants from the case, and setting a trial date for February 5, 2018 before Judge Aiken at the U.S. District Court of Oregon in Eugene. </p><p>In July 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals requested attorneys for youth plaintiffs submit a response to the government's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/s/APPELLATE-354380-v1-Juliana_-_petition_for_mandamus_and_request_for_stay_for_filing-jga5.PDF">petition for "writ of mandamus"</a> and invited the District Court to respond as well. The District Court responded <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/s/US-District-Court-letter-to-Ninth-Circuit.pdf">via letter</a> and the youth plaintiffs filed <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/s/Doc-14-Plaintiffs-Answer-to-Petition.pdf">their answer</a>. Further, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/s/170905-Amicus-Briefs-in-Support-of-Juliana-PR.pdf">eight amicus briefs </a>were filed with the Ninth Circuit in support of the youth plaintiffs. </p><p>Pursuant to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/s/Oral-Argument-Notice-for-Juliana-v-US.pdf">its order</a>, a three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit, made up of Chief Justice Sidney Thomas, and Circuit Justices Alex Kozinski and Marsha Barzon heard oral arguments on December 11, 2017. Watch a video recording of the oral arguments below. Youth plaintiffs, now age 10 to 21, and their attorneys look forward to the panel decision. 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