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Virginia High Court Rejects Case Against Climatologist Michael Mann
ananyo writes "The Virgina Supreme Court on Friday tossed out an investigation by the state's conservative attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, into Michael Mann, the former University of Virginia climatologist whose work on the now-famous hockey-stick graph has become a lightning rod for climate skeptics. 'In a dense and conflicted 26-page ruling (PDF) covering a century and a half of case law — including references to kings as well as modern "functional incongruities" that divided the judges themselves — Virginia’s high court ruled that the university is not a "person" and thus is not subject to Cuccinelli’s demands under the state’s Fraud Against Taxpayers Act.' The 'climategate' scientist has been cleared of wrongdoing by a number of investigations."
"Interesting-- so corporations are persons, according to the Supreme court, but universities aren't, according to the Virginia court."
The realty is that Corporations and Universities are abstract concepts that represent a group of people. Are they people? As much as Soylent Green is people.
Interesting... so which Koch funded "institute" are you quoting?
But, but, making up their own facts is what their whole propaganda machine runs on! And they are too big to fail!
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
Like totally dude. Legislation based upon physical reality is what the man wants. Question the paradigm.