A coalition of conservative legal organizations is pressing the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate whether Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan violated federal ethics rules by refusing to step aside from a high-stakes climate change case headed to the Court next term. The groups argue Kagan compromised her neutrality years ago, and that the evidence is already in print.
The case at the center of the dispute, Suncor Energy v. Boulder County, asks whether Colorado local governments can use state law to hold oil and gas companies financially liable for their alleged contributions to climate change. It is one of the most consequential energy-sector cases the Supreme Court has agreed to hear in years, and the coalition says Kagan has no business sitting on the bench when it is argued.
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