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Fellow @EPPCdc, former counsel to @SenMcConnell, @SenJudiciaryGOP “That very capable young lawyer with an Italian name.” -Sen. Schumer

Jan 15, 5 tweets

Why did the Federal Judicial Center put out a publication that, essentially, says fossil-fuel manufacturers should lose climate cases? Why did Elena Kagan write a forward to it? Did they tell Congress this was coming? The impropriety and irresponsibility are staggering. 1/4

As Congress considers the FSGG appropriations, Republicans should ask the FJC why they quietly published a new edition of their "reference manual" for scientific evidence that is so biased it would make Al Gore blush. 2/4

An organizer of the project--David Tatel--said at the outset that the goal is to convince "climate skeptic" judges to take a different view. Why did the FJC think this was its job? 3/4

Congressional Republicans should demand that that the FJC rescind this absurd publication before it does real damage to the judiciary's credibility in Congress. Article below. 4/4

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