Nineteen state attorneys general filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court last week against a coalition of five Democrat-led states accused of coercing the nation into compliance with a radical climate agenda.
The group of nearly two dozen attorneys general filed the suit against California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Rhode Island for imposing strict regulations that present consequences for the rest of the nation.
“California and New Jersey and the defendant states are trying to make national energy policy through state laws,” Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach told Fox News, whose state joined the lawsuit. “If the defendant states’ laws have their desired effects, fossil fuel energy companies across the nation will either be hit with massive damages or have to change their policies directly. And, those defendant states will affect the availability of cheap, affordable energy in our states.”
Plaintiff states are asking the Supreme Court to block ongoing lawsuits against oil and gas producers that threaten to present repercussions for constituents beyond the jurisdictions of blue state courts. The coalition of state attorneys general suing to block blue state lawsuits is led by Alabama’s Steve Marshall, whose office explained in a press release that ongoing litigation in the five defendant states demands “billions of dollars in damages” from energy companies “for an alleged ‘climate crisis.’”
“The theory advanced by these states is truly radical: A small gas station in rural Alabama could owe money to the people of Minnesota simply for selling a gallon of gas. The
