Posted by
On the Right on Friday, June 06, 2008 3:52:35 PM
Global warming alarmists haven't made much progress in getting
lawmakers to join their cause. So naturally they're going to try to use
the courts to ram through their agenda.
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Drawing upon a lawyer's talent for dreaming up novel — and in this case
outrageous — legal theories, a University of Oregon law professor is
pushing the idea that the atmosphere is public property held in trust
by the government, which has the duty to protect it from harm. The
biggest problem with this idea is that it's beginning to gain some
attention.
We'll take the last one first: Congress hasn't written any statutes
on atmospheric obligation because, one, there has been no compelling
reason to do so, and, two, Congress simply does not have the
constitutional authorization to get involved in such matters. Wood is a
lawyer; she should know that.
As for that unfolding catastrophe, the only people who are seeing it
are those whose political goals rely on there being one and who have
eagerly and gullibly bought into the man-made global warming theory.
Unfortunately, we fear that lawmakers might soon be willing to do what
the Woods and Al Gores of the world want them to without the need of
judicial orders, the support of science or a constitutional foundation.
The public needs to catch on to the problems with the global warming
theory before legislators do too much damage.