Michael Toth

Research Director @CivitasInst; Founding Partner, PNT Law Firm | Former Senior Counsel @TXAG & Marine Corps JAG | Featured in WSJ, NYT, Politico & more

[Michael Toth @mctoth]

Will state attorneys general allow their cities to make energy policy?

That's the question I ask in my latest column discussing climate lawfare currently being waged by blue cities and counties across the country:
https://t.co/vjCyDYHMHQ

[Civitas Institute @CivitasInst]

The Supreme Court hears Suncor v. Boulder on the first day of its term.

Four days before that, we're putting lawyers from all sides of the question in one room in Austin.

Join us. RSVP for free: https://t.co/Js8Z56pY64

[Civitas Institute @CivitasInst]

Judges evaluating contested scientific and legal questions should know who developed the materials they are being asked to consider and what interests those contributors represent.

Research director @mctoth's new paper lays out the case for why.

Read the full text here: https://t.co/YyaquJuDxR

[Michael Toth @mctoth]

Thank you @MisruleofLaw. We miss you in Texas but so glad to have you cheering us on from Tennessee.

[Mark Pulliam @MisruleofLaw]

Bravo to Texas, @mctoth, and Tennessee’s Sen. Bill Hagerty @SenatorHagerty https://t.co/IFoEJX1TDQ

[Civitas Institute @CivitasInst]

“Pro-business state governments are showing what the future of effective corporate governance can look like.”

@SenatorHagerty’s response to @mctoth’s essay for the @WSJ.

Read the full letter: https://t.co/9ydUqdBWIk

[Michael Toth @mctoth]

@SenatorHagerty @SECPaulSAtkins https://t.co/6cs2fWdI91

[Michael Toth @mctoth]

A nice follow-up to my recent @WSJ op-ed on @BlackRock choosing Texas.

@SenatorHagerty wrote a terrific letter connecting what’s happening in Texas and Tennessee to a bigger idea: states should be able to compete over corporate governance.

[Michael Toth @mctoth]

@SenatorHagerty and @SECPaulSAtkins the SEC have been working on this from different fronts for some time. Credit to both for this long overdue reform.

Sen. Hagerty’s letter & SEC announcement are linked below.

[Michael Toth @mctoth]

@SenatorHagerty @SECPaulSAtkins https://t.co/RvvLdjVlio

[Civitas Institute @CivitasInst]

Watch the full video: https://t.co/EX0zWY07fY

[Civitas Institute @CivitasInst]

As @mctoth explained at a recent @fedsoc panel, the Supreme Court’s decision in Suncor v. Boulder will set the tone for how we think about climate litigation and judicial independence.

[JCN @judicialnetwork]

ICYMI: @mctoth reveals what is at stake in Suncor v. Boulder this term. 👇

[apexlaboratories @apexlabora77146]

If you're eating protein and lifting weights to build muscle after 60, there's something you need to know about first.

It comes up in this conversation, and the host didn't see it coming either.

Watch:

[Shane Goodwin, PhD @ShaneGoodwin]

𝗧𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀: 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲.

𝗪𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸-𝘆𝗼𝘂. Delaware has done more for shareholder value than it gets credit for. 𝗜𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿.

Across 60 completed departures since June 2024, our model puts the present value of future franchise-tax savings at approximately $252 million, after tax and the modeled Nevada fees.

Delaware made that calculation possible. It supplied the expense.

Read the article: https://t.co/YYfUO8Iram

Explore the calculations: https://t.co/KqtaJvb4YP

SMU Corporate Governance Initiative: https://t.co/07Om7cDOO8

@ShaneGoodwin @SMUCox @SMULawSchool

[Civitas Institute @CivitasInst]

Research director @mctoth’s latest piece, “Climate Litigation and the Campaign to Influence the Judiciary,” is featured on RealClearEnergy today.

[State Armor @StateArmor]

This Wednesday, State Armor Founder @Michael7ucci will join Sen. @MarshaBlackburn, @chad_mizelle, and @mctoth for a @FedSoc panel examining the Environmental Law Institute's ties to Communist China and its role in educating America’s judges.

Watch live: https://t.co/c87VMpia84

[Civitas Institute @CivitasInst]

“The judicial training was framed in significant part as a ‘leadership’ exercise. The goal was not simply to educate judges about complex areas of law and science, but to encourage them to develop and execute a climate ‘action plan.’”

Read research director @mctoth’s recent report ‘A Finger on the Scales: Climate Litigation and the Campaign to Influence the Judiciary’

https://t.co/aXnvMmnrQb

[Michael Toth @mctoth]

CJP's effort to influence the judiciary warrants more scrutiny. And judges deciding these case deserve to know who is behind one-sided "judicial education."

[Michael Toth @mctoth]

Climate advocates have conscripted the judiciary to advance a deeply unpopular political agenda.

In my latest paper, I examine how the Environmental Law Institute's Climate Judiciary Project has worked to influence the judges hearing climate cases.

[Michael Toth @mctoth]

CJP’s funding, advisors, and curriculum tie back to the same individuals behind the climate lawsuits.

Worse, the project's reach has extended to established judicial and scientific gatekeepers, the Federal Judicial Center and National Academy of Sciences.