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Climate lawsuits are coming, AL Gore & Czar Browner warn
Politico ^
| September 22, 2009
| Josh Gerstein
Posted on 09/23/2009 11:04:23 AM PDT by opentalk
Former Vice President Al Gore and current White House climate change czar Carol Browner are warning companies and lawmakers that the courts will step in to regulate greenhouse gases if Congress fails to act.
"All of the discussion has been about the president and the Congress," Gore told journalists at a U.N. press conference Tuesday. "We have a third branch of government: the courts."
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KEYWORDS: agenda; algore; bhoczars; blackrobedtyrants; browner; capandtrade; carbon; carolbrowner; climatechange; corruption; democratcorruption; democrats; economy; epa; farce; globalwarming; liberalfascism; warming
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Gore said the trend in the courts was favoring greater regulation. "The Supreme Corurt ruled over a year ago that CO2 emissions are pollution as covered in the Clean Air Act," he said. "The U.S. EPA as a result of that court ruling has the [authority] to mandate reductions
.Yes, there would be some efforts in the legislative branch to remove that authority but anything in the legislative branch of that sort would be vetoed by the president."
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:04:23 AM PDT
by
opentalk
To: opentalk
Do the courts have any authority at all over something like that?
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:05:14 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The best aid we could ever give Africa would be thousands of rifles to throw out their own dictators)
To: opentalk
Great! First, our pets need lawyers. Now the climate gets one. What next?
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:05:56 AM PDT
by
twhitak
To: opentalk
The destruction of our free country is almost complete.
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:06:42 AM PDT
by
dforest
(Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
To: twhitak
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:08:00 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: wastedyears
Tell Gore for me that if he doesn't stop this ridiculous Global Whining lie about "rising temperatures" I'm gonna find him and slap his fat faggot teeth loose.
;-/
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:12:45 AM PDT
by
Gargantua
(Sarah Palin: The only Republican to take on Zer0bonehead and WIN!)
To: opentalk
When is open revolt against the current US government going to occur? (Not that I’m advocating this, of couse):>}
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:14:59 AM PDT
by
Signalman
To: opentalk
I look forward to discovery.
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:15:21 AM PDT
by
jimfree
(Freep and ye shall find! - I am Joe Wilson.)
To: opentalk
I guess they haven't read
State of Fear by Micheal Crichton. A lawsuit may force the government to prove that CO2 is actually causing AGW. They would certainly lose that trial.
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:18:46 AM PDT
by
BubbaBasher
("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
To: jimfree
not if they get a tobacco judge...
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:19:09 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
To: twhitak
a padded cell for Manbearpig?
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:24:16 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
To: opentalk
Two days ago I e-mailed Glen Beck and asked why he’s never shined his light on the relationship between Armand Hammer and the Gore family. I’m continuously amazed at how squalid the modern American left is.
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:27:07 AM PDT
by
VR-21
(If it's a vision of the future you want......)
To: indylindy
My tagline says it all...
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:33:34 AM PDT
by
Rca2000
( "They all got what they wanted...but NO ONE seems very happy".)
To: opentalk
Tort reform needs to be the central theme of the GOP in 2010.
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09/23/2009 11:34:03 AM PDT
by
BJClinton
(Any "healthcare reform" without tort reform is a fraud.)
To: wastedyears
Only if there are laws passed by the legislature — unless the judges intend to make up their own laws.
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:37:48 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(Brave amateurs....they do their part.)
To: opentalk
"Former Vice President Al Gore and current White House climate change czar Carol Browner are warning companies and lawmakers that the courts will step in to regulate greenhouse gases if Congress fails to act."
So let me see, they are willing to subject their rediculous global warming climate change theories to the rigors of court cross examination?
I don't think so.
They will attack (maybe through the courts) with some other line of argumentation.
To: BenLurkin
unless the judges intend to make up their own laws.That's probably what they intend on doing.
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:43:23 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The best aid we could ever give Africa would be thousands of rifles to throw out their own dictators)
To: wastedyears
Do the courts have any authority at all over something like that? The Constitution says whatever 5 out of 9 Supreme Court Justices say it says.
The Supreme Court Justices and appellate and district court judges that Obama appoints will be writing laws controlling every aspect of our lives for the next 30 years.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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posted on
09/23/2009 11:50:44 AM PDT
by
kennedy
(I'm a Kennedy with no experience or qualifications too! Where do I sign up for MY Senate seat?)
To: opentalk; rdl6989; Little Bill; IrishCatholic; Normandy; According2RecentPollsAirIsGood; ...
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posted on
09/23/2009 12:04:11 PM PDT
by
steelyourfaith
("Power is not alluring to pure minds." - Thomas Jefferson)
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