• Here’s what happened: A new report looks at The Climate Judiciary Project’s (CJP) ideological influence on judges who are handling widespread climate nuisance litigation
  
• Tell me more: Some are criticizing CJP’s collaboration with judicial education institutions as an attempt to introduce judges to specific ideological interpretations of climate-related issues.
  • As of May 2023, the Capital Research Center reports that over 1,000 judges have engaged in the CJP’s programming.
• How we got here: Climate nuisance lawsuits have proliferated as a way for local governments to get around the legislative process and potentially hit a lucrative payday in the process. Pushed by specific boutique law firms, this litigation is being handled by a patchwork of state courts around the country, despite its nationwide consequences for consumers
  
• TLR Thoughts: Judges are supposed to apply the law to the facts of a specific case. Period. Not their own interpretations of the law, not a specific policy agenda, and not what they think is “fair.”

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