http://www.dccourts.gov/internet/documents/14-CV-101_14-CV-126.pdf
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On the current record, where the notion that the emails support that Dr.Mann has engaged in misconduct has been so definitively discredited, a reasonable jury could, if it so chooses, doubt the veracity of appellants’ claimed honest belief in that very notion. A jury could find, by clear and convincing evidence, that appellants “in fact entertained serious doubts” or had a “high degree of awareness” that the accusations that Dr. Mann engaged in scientific misconduct, fraud, and deception, were false, and, as a result, acted “with reckless disregard” for the statements’ truth when they were published.
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What that means is that the last obstacle stopping the case from going to a jury trial was tossed out by the judge, who noted that all the evidence supports Dr. Mann.
Deniers were frantic to stop that jury trial from happening, and tried every trick in the book to stop it. They failed.
Deniers were frantic to stop discovery from happening. Dr. Mann welcomes full discovery. That would be why he filed the lawsuit.
Someone is desperate to hide the truth, and it's the deniers.
Oh, deniers should probably not welcome Trump's wishes to make libel suits easier, because it would leave them open to such libel suits. If the bar was set low enough, even the deniers on this board could be successfully sued for libel. After all, all the evidence shows that many of them know that they're lying about the scientists, and that their libel is deliberate. I doubt "But the party wanted me to lie!" would be an effective legal defense.
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On the current record, where the notion that the emails support that Dr.Mann has engaged in misconduct has been so definitively discredited, a reasonable jury could, if it so chooses, doubt the veracity of appellants’ claimed honest belief in that very notion. A jury could find, by clear and convincing evidence, that appellants “in fact entertained serious doubts” or had a “high degree of awareness” that the accusations that Dr. Mann engaged in scientific misconduct, fraud, and deception, were false, and, as a result, acted “with reckless disregard” for the statements’ truth when they were published.
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What that means is that the last obstacle stopping the case from going to a jury trial was tossed out by the judge, who noted that all the evidence supports Dr. Mann.
Deniers were frantic to stop that jury trial from happening, and tried every trick in the book to stop it. They failed.
Deniers were frantic to stop discovery from happening. Dr. Mann welcomes full discovery. That would be why he filed the lawsuit.
Someone is desperate to hide the truth, and it's the deniers.
Oh, deniers should probably not welcome Trump's wishes to make libel suits easier, because it would leave them open to such libel suits. If the bar was set low enough, even the deniers on this board could be successfully sued for libel. After all, all the evidence shows that many of them know that they're lying about the scientists, and that their libel is deliberate. I doubt "But the party wanted me to lie!" would be an effective legal defense.