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| GOP AGs warn Dems: if climate skeptics can be prosecuted for ‘fraud,’ so can alarmists | |
| 2016-06-18 | |
The “cuts both ways” argument was among those raised by 13 Republican attorneys general in a letter urging their Democratic counterparts to stop using their law enforcement power against fossil fuel companies and others that challenge the climate change catastrophe narrative. Consider carefully the legal precedent and threat to free speech, said the state prosecutors in their letter this week, headed by Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange. “If it is possible to minimize the risks of climate change, then the same goes for exaggeration,” said the letter. “If minimization is fraud, exaggeration is fraud.” The letter comes as Exxon Mobil fights off subpoenas by two prosecutors — Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude E. Walker — for decades’ worth of climate-related documents and communications with academics, universities and free-market think tanks. New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and California Attorney General Kamala Harris have also reportedly launched probes. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 Arguably the alarmists are doing far more damage. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2016-06-18 11:49 |
| #4 You don't fight the lefts suppression of our freedom of speech with more restrictions on freedom of speech. At this rate there will rapidly come a time where you fight the left's suppression of speech with ball ammunition. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-06-18 11:07 |
| #3 You don't fight the lefts suppression of our freedom of speech with more restrictions on freedom of speech. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2016-06-18 10:52 |
| #2 “If it is possible to minimize the risks of climate change, then the same goes for exaggeration,” said the letter. “If minimization is fraud, exaggeration is fraud.” I like the 13 AG's reasoning. It was good for a laugh and in a way, I like anything that jabs at these left wing PC tyrants who are pushing their agenda. And perhaps it is best to push legislation at the State level. However, I'd be concerned that any such prosecution would have the effect of stifling 1st Amendment rights on either side. I'd rather see an argument based on protecting the 1st Amendment rights of individuals. However, SCOTUS has shown itself to be untrustworthy to protect individual liberties. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-06-18 10:30 |
| #1 Would the RICO act come into play? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-06-18 01:30 |