Youth Plaintiffs Urge Roberts To Lift Rare Stay Of Landmark Climate Suit

Lawyers for a group of youth plaintiffs are urging Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to lift the unusual stay he granted the Justice Department (DOJ) on the eve of their scheduled, high-profile climate change trial in an Oregon federal court, arguing that his temporary stay undermines the judiciary's integrity and harms the plaintiffs. “A stay of trial in the district court will disrupt the integrity of the judiciary's role as a check on the political branches and will irreparably...