February 15, 2021 - 2:41pm
American Juris Link, a new right-wing legal center with close ties to the State Policy Network, is actively working to track and support right-wing legal challenges to upend COVID-19 health restrictions, fight workers' rights to unionize, and coordinate legal strategies and amici.
Originally registered as an independent nonprofit under the name "Litigators for Liberty" in late 2019, American Juris Link (AJL) was "incubated by the State Policy Network" (SPN) based on "extensive strategic planning" and "input from leading litigators and philanthropists," according to a job listing with the right-wing head-hunting firm Talent Market.
In an SPN webinar titled, "Protecting American Freedom Through Strategic Litigation," AJL's founder and president Carrie Ann Donnell describes AJL as "basically like the SPN for litigators." SPN is a web of right-wing "think tanks" and tax-exempt organizations in 50 states, Washington, D.C., Canada, and the United Kingdom.