I do think that the FTC should more thoroughly prosecute people who are peddling products based on demonstrably false claims under the pretense of science and/or medicine. Products & services sold by Ken Ham, Kent Hovind, et.al. should be subject to the same legal scrutiny as the virulent fraud of that pharmaceutical conspiracy nut Kevin Trudeau.
These people are guilty of scientific fraud, plain and simple - they have the right to say what they want, but they cross a line when they begin charging people for their fraudulent "knowledge".
Agreed, but, unfortunately, the way the laws in this country are set up, it's easier to recover in a lawsuit because someone defrauded you of $10 than it is to recover because someone defrauded your children of a good, quality science education.