Intergenerational Equity and the US Judiciary

In the most recent decades, intergenerational equity concerns have risen given aging Western world populations, overindebtedness of major industrialized economies, age-sensitive health risk propensities during a global pandemic and climate change.An aging Western world population will require pension and social welfare reforms. The indebtedness in many Western nations was exacerbated by the 2008 recession and rescue and recovery aid during the COVID crisis. In combination with rising student debt in the U.S., these pressures and concerns have created deep intergenerational inequality. Social welfare sustainability is a particular concern: a shrinking body of young people must subsidise the pension, healthcare and welfare support for older generations as they grow disproportionately