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Aug 2023
29m 35s

Landmark Young People's Climate Ruling

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Environmental law expert Pat Parenteau, a professor at the Vermont Law and Graduate School, discusses the landmark climate ruling in a case brought by a group of young environmental activists. Eric Ruben, a professor at SMU Dedman School of Law, discusses a circuit court ruling that pot smokers can carry guns while sober. June Grasso hosts.

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