If Democratic attorneys general can pursue climate change skeptics for fraud, then also at risk of prosecution are climate alarmists whose predictions of global doom have failed to materialize.
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.
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“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.
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Republican Donald Trump's supporters are coming under fire from Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign which is upset that T-shirts reading "Trump That Bitch" and Confederate flags were on display at a Tuesday North Carolina rally for the presidential candidate. In a fundraising email, the campaign said the displays proved Trump "is a toxic threat to the very values we share."
Translation: "Oh my gawd! That's gonna leave a mark!"
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No mention of the pro-Hillary group that came up with T-shirts showing Hillary holding the severed head of Donald Trump? I didn't think so. Hypocritical scum-sucking, bottom feeding, lower than whale shit bitch.
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Every person who ever cast a vote for Mr. Obama owns this election and the crap storm that precedes and will follow it.
Nothing personal against Fred and other messengers of similar material (myself included), but that this is news is an absolute disgrace to our country and the office of The Presidency.
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Blossom - Don't forget Hamilton and Burr Wiki on them
The duel was the final skirmish of a long conflict between Democratic-Republicans and Federalists. The conflict began in 1791 when Burr won a United States Senate seat from Philip Schuyler, Hamilton's father-in-law, who would have supported Federalist policies (Hamilton was the Secretary of the Treasury at the time). When the Electoral College deadlocked in the election of 1800, Hamilton's maneuvering in the House of Representatives caused Thomas Jefferson to be named president and Burr vice-president.[2] In 1800, the Philadelphia Aurora printed extracts from a pamphlet Hamilton had earlier released to the public known as, "Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq. President of the United States", a document highly critical of Adams,[3] which had actually been written by Hamilton, but was intended for private circulation only. Some[who?] have stated that Burr leaked the document, but there is no clear evidence for this, nor that Hamilton held him responsible.
Hamilton’s animosity toward Burr was severe and well-documented in personal letters to his friend and compatriot James McHenry. The following quotation from one of these letters on January 4, 1801, exemplifies his bitterness:
"Nothing has given me so much chagrin as the Intelligence that the Federal party were thinking seriously of supporting Mr. Burr for president. I should consider the execution of the plan as devoting the country and signing their own death warrant. Mr. Burr will probably make stipulations, but he will laugh in his sleeve while he makes them and will break them the first moment it may serve his purpose."[4]
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[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Republican Donald Trump's supporters are coming under fire from Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign which is upset that T-shirts reading "Trump That Bitch" and Confederate flags were on display at a Tuesday North Carolina rally for the presidential candidate. In a fundraising email, the campaign said the displays proved Trump "is a toxic threat to the very values we share."
