Swan's Picks for August 18

It is not too often state constitutional rights claims make Meet the Press, but that was true this week when Chuck Todd interviewed Michael Gerrard of the Columbia Sabin Center. Five states in addition to Montana contain environmental rights in their constitutions. That is one reason why today's first Swan Pick is a must-read!

Judge rules in favor of youths in landmark Montana climate trial - The Washington Post A conversation with the newspaper owner raided by cops (substack.com) D.C. Circuit Revives Viewpoint Discrimination Suit Against District of Columbia (reason.com) In Scathing Letter, Criticizes Adams’s Migrant Response - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Illinois will provide burial for 3-year-old migrant child who died on bus (wyomingnewsnow.tv) Louisville’s Black Neighborhoods Want To End Publicly-Funded Displacement (nextcity.org) The Abortion Clinic Owner Starting Over in a New State (thecut.com) Guaranteed Income Gets a New Life - The American Prospect