"Judge refuses to toss climate scientist Mann’s defamation lawsuit"

[applegrove]

Judge refuses to toss climate scientist Mann’s defamation lawsuit

By Ben Geman at the Hill

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/319757-judge-again-refuses-to-toss-climate-scientist-manns-defamation-suit-against-national-review

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Judge Natalia M. Combs Greene of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia writes in Friday's ruling that, “The evidence before the court indicates the likelihood that ‘actual malice’ is present.”

The latest procedural ruling in the Pennsylvania State University scientist’s lawsuit is here. “The Court finds that there is sufficient evidence in the record to demonstrate that Plaintiff is likely to succeed on the merits,” the ruling states.

Mann sued the National Review and the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a conservative advocacy group, in 2012 over their blog posts that alleged his research is fraudulent.

CEI’s post also compared Mann to convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, calling Mann “the Jerry Sandusky of climate science” by alleging he “molested and tortured data.”

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[MotherPetrie]

1. GOOD

[longship]

2. Excellent! "Likely to succeed on the merits" R&K nt

[SunSeeker]

3. Great!

There should be consequences for these sort of lies. They did not just defame a man, they are standing in the way of humanity being able to save itself.

[calimary]

5. No kidding. That's the long and the short of it.

These bastards are standing in the way of humanity being able to save itself - and the planet. Just mainly for a few extra bucks.

[Hekate]

4. KnR

[Enthusiast]

6. K&R!

Actual malice! Imagine that.

[ck4829]

7. Wow, Mark Steyn should be charged with lying to the court with what he said in his 'defense'

"I didn't defend the CEI with their Sandusky comparison."

Yeah, you did! It's right there!

[mindwalker_i]

8. Yep, there need to be consequences for this kind of shit

Too bad O'Reily isn't accountable for "Tiller the baby killer."