Conservative public officials are hiring the Alliance Defending Freedom to lead their culture war lawsuits — and handle their public statements
Lawyer Kristen Waggoner of the Alliance Defending Freedom, right, speaks outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.Idaho laws have landed in front of the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court this year: the state’s total ban on abortion, and its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
The state of Wyoming refused to disclose its contracts, writing, “All records responsive to this request are privileged under Wyoming law under the attorney-client privilege and/or the attorney-client work product doctrine.
“If the people of Yavapai County learned about this arrangement, would they approve of it?” asks Vladeck, adding: “All of these things just underscore why, in general, it has not historically been the norm that private interest groups represent governments.”
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