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Updated · Fox News · May 5

Government Accountability & Oversight seeks Treasury records on judicial climate seminar funding

Updated

Updated · Fox News · May 5

Government Accountability & Oversight seeks Treasury records on judicial climate seminar funding

4 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 5

The nonprofit requested emails and account records, including possible Treasury-held foundation data from 2015 and seminar-related records from 2019 to 2021.
GAO says the documents could show whether Environmental Law Institute money moved through the Federal Judicial Center Foundation to support seminars for fewer than 100 judges.
The requests follow Republican scrutiny over possible bias in climate education for judges; the Federal Judicial Center says it ended work with ELI in 2020, while ELI denies litigation ties.

With private money funding judicial climate education, can the scales of justice ever remain truly balanced?

Is educating judges on climate science a necessary tool for justice or a backdoor for political influence?