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Across the U.S., people are calling for companies to pay for the damage they have done to the environment. Alex Kent/AFP via Getty Images

The US Constitution and laws do not protect oil companies from being sued over the harm they cause to the climate

Alejandro E. Camacho, University of California, Los Angeles and Robert Glicksman, George Washington University

Calls for the Supreme Court to give fossil fuel companies immunity from liability for climate-related damage misreads the Constitution, precedent and the role of courts.

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