Constitutional Law

Join us Wednesday, May 15th from 12:00 pm-2:00 pm EST in the Lincoln Room at the Waldorf Astoria. Over two dozen municipalities have filed state-law-based nuisance, fraud, and abuse claims against energy companies seeking compensatory damages for the consequences of climate change. Similar federal common law claims were held to be displaced by environmental statutes. Are state common law […]

The Supreme Court of Hawaii recently ruled that state governments may pursue energy companies for injuries to the global climate allegedly caused by interstate and international greenhouse gas emissions. Now, energy companies have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in Sunoco LP v. City and County of Honolulu, arguing that federal law preempts such actions. […]

Adam White interviewed U.S. Senator Todd Young as part of the Notre Dame Law School Journal of Legislation 2024 Symposium. Event details here.