Climate Activists Are Influencing Judges to Rule in Their Favor Using This ‘Educational’ Program

Climate Activists Are Influencing Judges to Rule in Their Favor Using This ‘Educational’ Program

The House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) to examine its distribution of climate-change education programs aimed at influencing both state and federal judges to rule in favor of plaintiffs in climate-related cases — rulings that can be detrimental to U.S. policy and the economy.

Lower court judges’ new, and deeply disturbing, willingness to be overruled

I started practicing law in 1987. Back then, we young litigators were told to be very careful that our arguments were correct, not just to prevent us from losing, but also to prevent us from inveigling an innocent judge into ruling in our favor, only...