How Left-Wing Climate Plaintiffs Have Hijacked the Federal Judiciary
The article discusses concerns regarding the influence of left-wing climate plaintiffs on the U.S. judicial system. It highlights a report by The Oversight Project that critiques the Federal Judicial Center's Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence for promoting biased climate science. The report raises alarms about the potential erosion of judicial independence and fairness in climate litigation.
- ▪The Oversight Project published a report on the influence of left-wing climate plaintiffs on judicial independence.
- ▪The Federal Judicial Center's Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence is criticized for presenting biased climate science as settled fact.
- ▪The report found significant overlap between the Reference Guide and a law review article by a lawyer involved in climate litigation.
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Home – Energy & Climate Change Policy News – How Left-Wing Climate Plaintiffs Have Hijacked the Federal Judiciary opinion How Left-Wing Climate Plaintiffs Have Hijacked the Federal Judiciary Kyle Brosnan • May 18, 2026 Print Associate Justice Elena Kagan in the District of Columbia on April 23, 2021. (Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images) (function(){var t=document.querySelector(".wp-block-kadence-dynamichtml"),s=document.currentScript.previousElementSibling;if(t&&s){if("prepend"==="before_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t);else if("prepend"==="after_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t.nextSibling);else if("prepend"==="prepend"||"prepend"==="inside_first_child")t.insertBefore(s,t.firstChild);else t.appendChild(s);}})(); The defining feature of the American judicial system is that every…
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