A new report from Chris Horner details how activist donors are paying to place prosecutors in state attorney general offices to pursue an expressly partisan agenda. Records show this campaign to use the legal system to achieve political goals began as an informal coalition in 2016. That coalition disbanded under pressure from open records […]
New Report Details Campaign to Privately Fund State Attorney General Offices to Advance Climate Change Legal Positions
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 […]