Supreme Court Rejects Red STate Attempt to Sue Blue States Over Climate Suits

The Supreme Court denied a motion filed by several states to file a bill of complaint against other states for filing state-law-based lawsuits against fossil fuel energy companies.

Justice Thomas dissented from the Court 's refusal to grant the motion and consider the complaint on the merits.

Thomas : The idea that one state can sue another for merely filing a lawsuit in state court is quite outlandish.

The Court 's reluctance to accept jurisdiction in cases between the States is troubling because this Court is the only court that can hear such cases.

The Constitution and Congress have set the bounds of our original jurisdiction.

The Court today exercises that power to reject a suit involving nearly half the States in the Nation.