House Judiciary Committee investigates alleged influence on federal judges by climate law groups
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Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Apr 28
House Judiciary Committee investigates alleged influence on federal judges by climate law groups
6 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Apr 28
Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan and Rep. Darrell Issa sent letters to leaders at Sher Edling, the Sabin Center, and the Environmental Law Institute seeking communications and training materials.
The committee is probing whether the Environmental Law Institute and its Climate Judiciary Project coordinated with Sher Edling to sway judges in climate litigation, citing overlapping personnel and removed material from a federal judicial manual.
Republican lawmakers allege inadequate compliance from the Environmental Law Institute and raise concerns about undisclosed judge lists and potential bias in judicial education, highlighting broader worries about impartiality in climate-related court cases.
Are all-expenses-paid judicial seminars a form of education or a tactic for undue influence in climate lawsuits?
What rules govern the funding of non-profits that both train judges and support climate-related litigation?
With the Supreme Court now hearing these cases, what is the future for state-level climate lawsuits?
Can 'attribution science' truly link one company's emissions to specific local weather events in a courtroom?
How can judicial manuals on science stay neutral when authors are involved in related, high-stakes litigation?