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The Supreme Court and “civil heresy”

July 14, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff The Supreme Court decided a few weeks ago in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut that there is no federal common law tort of public nuisance based on greenhouse gas emissions.  In writing about the decision, I noted that the majority opinion has a gratuitous footnote which states that the Cou ...