THIS IS WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO GO AFTER THE LEFT — IT’S THE ONLY WAY THEY EVER APPRECIATE THE CONSTITUTION: Liberal AGs Invoke States’ Rights in Climate Change Feud With Congress.

The Tenth Amendment states’ rights movement is typically associated with tea party activists.

But two blue-state liberal state attorneys general are invoking the U.S. Constitution’s limits on federal powers in a showdown with a GOP-led congressional committee looking into their climate change investigations.

A coalition of law-enforcement officials led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been digging into whether Exxon misled investors and the public by downplaying the impact of global warming.

The inquiries have the drawn the ire of Republican leaders of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee who say Mr. Schneiderman is mounting a campaign of intimidation in coordination with environmental groups and trial lawyers.

Mr. Schneiderman’s office and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, another charter member of the so-called “Green 20″ coalition, have until Wednesday to deliver to the committee a sweeping array of internal documents related to their climate change probes.

Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R., Texas) last week threatened to subpoena the attorneys general for the records unless they met his deadline.

Just remember, the 10th Amendment doesn’t trump state actors’ liability for conspiracy to deprive people of their First Amendment rights.