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It does seem weird that you can just hire random children for astroturfed legal campaigns like this, where the child has no direct connection to the case. Seems
by wyager 3y ago
It does seem weird that you can just hire random children for astroturfed legal campaigns like this, where the child has no direct connection to the case. Seems like that should probably fall afoul of child labor laws at some point.
- jonathankoren 3y agoI assume that the young citizen is a resident of the state of Montana, and is potentially being harmed by the state. What other "direct connection" to atmospheric gasses and climate change do you need? That's what gives the child standing. This talk of "hiring" is just trolling, but since you brought it up. Montana is currently considering weakening its child labor protections, so there's that. https://www.epi.org/publication/child-labor-laws-under-attack/ https://www.epi.org/publication/child-labor-laws-under-attac...