The idea does seem to be in the air (Coyote, Aug. 5; Alex Lockwood, Jul. 31 but note Aug. 4 post backtracking somewhat). Lockwood writes from the U.K., which of course lacks our First Amendment. On the idea of staging show trials of energy executives for propagating incorrect opinion, see Point of Law, Jun. 23, as well as Kivalina suit coverage.
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Point of Law- Around the web, July 9Asbestos: "UK Advisory Panel Advises Against Treating Pleural Plaques as a Compensable Industrial Disease" [Hartley, see also] MI's Heather Mac Donald on Ricci, Sotomayor, and the "race industry" [City Journal] TJX will pay $9.75 million to settle state AG's... […]Walter Olson
- NYC health dept.: let's gross out shoppersIt seems Gotham smokers just haven't been hectored enough, so City Hall's nanny brigade wants to force shopkeepers to post grotesque photos of the disease process. Same thing with fattening foods or booze? They're not ruling it out.... […]Walter Olson
- California electronic discoveryThe state finally has some rules.... […]Walter Olson
- "Is the Roberts Court 'Anti-Environment'?"Jonathan Adler at Volokh continues his scrutiny of various much-circulating memes about the presently constituted Supreme Court (earlier here and here).... […]Walter Olson
- Sotomayor "and Associates"When practicing a bit of law on the side during her time with the Manhattan D.A.'s office and at a larger law firm, the nominee called her very small practice "Sotomayor & Associates" even though it had no lawyers but... […]Walter Olson
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- The Federal Government is Prohibiting Me from Becoming a Billionaire:Boston Globe:... […]David Bernstein
- Would Sotomayor be the First Justice Not to Have English as Her Native Language?:Justice Ginsburg thinks she would be. Given that Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, I assume she means that Sotomayor would be the first Justice whose grew up in... […]David Bernstein
- LawProfs for Sotomayor:Today the Senate Judiciary Committee posted a letter supporting confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court signed by over 1,100 law professors from around the country. Organized... […]Jonathan Adler
- Caritas in Veritate:I am going to be on lite-blogging status for a while, due to a pinched nerve and muscle tear caused - everyone please take careful note - not by my Athletic... […]Kenneth Anderson
- "Game Show Looks to Convert Atheists":Reuters report:... […]Eugene Volokh
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Galileo will be rolling over in his grave.
Even the Catholic Church finally saw the error of its ways (albeit almost 400 years late) and apologized for its actions. How long will we have to wait for the Church of Gaia to stop accusing scientists of heresy because they don’t believe in Global Warming? When they have to resort to calling critics deniers and demanding that show trials be held to silence any opposition to their beliefs then you know that we are no longer dealing with a scientific controversy but rather with religious fanatics. Global Warming is our new religion. Earth in the Balance is our bible and Al Gore is our Pope. If we don’t repent our wasteful ways we will be doomed and the earth will be flooded.
I can’t believe that this was brought up again, a crime against the consensus, good lord, what happened to our world?
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