"The 2023 laws, known collectively as the California Climate Accountability Package, will require large companies doing business in the state to disclose both their planet-heating carbon emissions and their climate-related financial risks, or face annual penalties. The laws would thereby force Exxon to serve as a mouthpiece for ideas with which it disagrees, says the lawsuit, filed in the US district court for the eastern district of California on Friday."
"I think the whole premise of the lawsuit is absurd. But, then again, I thought the reasoning behind Citizens United was absurd, and I thought John Roberts's declaration of the Day of Jubilee was absurd in its evaluation of the true victims of antidiscrimination. Call me cynical, but this lawsuit looks to me to be in the sweet spot between these two particular heresies. Stay tuned."
ExxonMobil is suing California over two climate-focused laws, claiming they infringe the corporation's right to free speech. The 2023 laws, known as the California Climate Accountability Package, require large companies doing business in the state to disclose planet-heating carbon emissions and climate-related financial risks or face annual penalties. The lawsuit asserts that those disclosure requirements would force Exxon to serve as a mouthpiece for ideas it disagrees with. The litigation was filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California. The lawsuit is characterized as absurd and compared to the reasoning behind Citizens United and Chief Justice John Roberts's decision. A Hawaii state supreme court justice, Todd Eddins, and colleagues are noted for taking action that challenges federal justices.
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