Chris Horner, a fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), released a report, “Law Enforcement for Rent,” detailing how activist donors are paying to place prosecutors in state attorney general offices to pursue an expressly partisan agenda. The report explores how private interests underwriting the law enforcement power of the state raises ethical, constitutional, and […]
AGs brief points to open record revelations in abusive campaign by NY-led AGs
Republican state attorney general filed a brief opposing the abusive “Climate-RICO” campaign, largely disbanded but still being promoted by NY’s Office of Attorney General, and Massachusetts’ Maura Healey. Like two courts before them, the AGs’ brief pointed to, among other items, records obtained through the efforts of ClimateLitigationWatch’s Chris Horner and Matt Hardin (Hardin tried […]
Climate Litigation Watch’s Chris Horner Speaks Out Against AGs Hiring Private Attorneys At the Expense of Taxpayers
Chris Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and also Board member of CLW’s own Government Accountability & Oversight, was quoted in an article about attorneys general hiring private attorneys to represent the state’s interests at the taxpayers’ expense. The article explains, “Though private lawyers routinely reach agreements to fund state litigation, they […]