This article examines the judicial role in the intensifying climate emergency. In the leading American climate case, Juliana v. United States, a Ninth Circuit panel recognized that the world is approaching “the ‘eve of destruction’” in which extreme climate disruption threatens to...

The legal “cornerstone” of federal Indian law is the federal trust obligation. The duty was formulated by courts long ago to protect native nations against federal actions that harm the retained tribal property and resources. Yet in recent years, courts have diminished the force of the...