June 11, 2025: Youth Plaintiffs File Opening Brief in Their Appeal, Asking the Alaska Supreme Court to Put Their Case Back on Track for Trial

Attorneys for the youth plaintiffs filed opening arguments with the Alaska Supreme Court, appealing the Anchorage Superior Court’s dismissal of their constitutional climate lawsuit. In their appeal, the Youth argue that the lower court's ruling undermines the courts’ constitutional role and immunizes harmful government actions that threaten their future from constitutional challenge. 

A group of Alaska legislators, joined by the League of Women Voters of Alaska, also filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in support of the youth’s right to be heard in court, emphasizing that Alaska’s Constitution requires courts to hear and resolve claims challenging the constitutionality of laws passed by the state’s political branches.