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Meet The Left-Wing Activists Behind The Guide Meant To Advise Judges On ‘Climate Science’

A deep dive into the Federal Judicial Center’s climate guide scandal reveals its authors’ left-wing partisanship.

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The Federal Judicial Center (FJC) is supposed to serve as the chief research and educational arm of the American judicial branch. While a unique taxpayer-funded agency separate from the courts, it is to have “no policy-making or enforcement authority” but also provide “accurate, objective information and education and to encourage thorough and candid analysis of policies, practices, and procedures.”

What’s become clear in recent years, however, is that this ostensibly nonpartisan organization has had its fair share of indulging left-wing activism — particularly in the area of so-called “climate science.”

The FJC endured heavy criticism earlier this year after it was revealed that footnotes and citations to notable left-wing climate activists and advocates were included in the latest edition of its Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence. The manual is designed to guide and inform federal judges in their assessment of science-related matters in cases that come before the bench.

Backlash to the “Reference Guide on Climate Science” ultimately prompted the FJC to retract the section, with Congress also signaling its willingness to tackle the issue. But the story doesn’t end there.

A deep dive into the situation reveals the left-wing partisanship of the climate guide’s authors and how these actors’ work sought to influence the operations of a key branch of government.

Meet the Authors: Jessica Wentz

According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — which co-authored the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence alongside the FJC and still posts the manual’s climate section on its website — the “Reference Guide on Climate Science” was authored by Jessica Wentz and Radley Horton. Wentz serves as a non-resident senior fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, while Horton is a professor at Columbia University’s Climate School.

While Judicial Crisis Network President Carrie Severino previously detailed Wentz’s past role as a “climate activist”........

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