Question

The image shows a 2018 rally supporting a lawsuit seeking government action on climate change.



How do the protestors with the signs saying "A livable planet is an unalienable right” and "Life, liberty, property” use the Declaration of Independence to express an opinion?

The signs reference the role of the government in protecting the natural rights of the people.
The signs list the grievances of the citizens against the government in a specific way.
The signs establish the obligation of people to create a new government if the old one fails.
The signs identify a specific failure of the government and gives ways it can be fixed.

Answer 1

The first option. They invoke the Declaration’s language about unalienable (natural) rights — “life, liberty, property” — to argue the government must protect a livable planet as one of those rights.