Posted on 06/02/2015 7:37:12 PM PDT by DeweyCA
Writing in the Washington Post, Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democratic Senator from Rhode Island, offered a curious suggestion for dealing with global warming skeptics:
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That's right -- a sitting U.S. Senator is suggesting RICO laws should be applied to global warming skeptics. Courts have been defining RICO down for some time and in ways that aren't particularly helpful. In 1994, the Supreme Court ruled RICO statutes could be applied to pro-life activists on the grounds that interstate commerce can be affected even when the organization being targeted doesn't have economic motives.
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In February, Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., attempted a McCarthyite witch hunt against climate scientists he found disagreeable. And Sheldon Whitehouse is sitting U.S. Senator. He's now publicly encouraging legal persecution of people who conduct scientific research and/or those that have opinions about it he disagrees with. He wrote this opinion in the Washington Post on Friday, and no one much noticed or batted an eye at the consequences of what he's advocating here. Such calls for draconian restrictions on speech are becoming alarmingly regular. And if more people don't start speaking out against it, sooner or later we're actually going to end up in a place where people are being hauled into court for having an opinion that differs from politicians such as Senator Whitehouse.
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Orwell missed it by a few years, but he sure was prescient in his writing.
Use RICO laws to prosecute democrats that passed Obamacare.
BTTT
This is a desperate attempt... A sort “hail Mary” pass to save what is left of the big lie (aka global warming).
Even the gullible Leftist followers are beginning to doubt. Which is why this rat wants to lock people up for out debating him.
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Better idea:
Use RICO Laws to Prosecute Global Warming Scammers!
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You are correct. The senate should expell him immediately. And the house should expell the treasonous congressman. I won’t hold my breath.
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