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Weather Channel founder wants to sue Al Gore
Ozymandias:
He doesn't have any case, really.
Most silly lawsuits are thrown out. You hear about the litigious nature of American culture, but it doesn't really have a lot of weight. There's a lot of lawsuits that go around, but the really dumb ones never end up succeeding.
(If anyone bring up the McDonald's coffee lady, you're wrong. That was a legitimate lawsuit.)
Slick:
You don't always sue for damages, presumably he could be suing Gore to stop promoting something he perceives as untrue as fact.
RedLion:
That would be laughed out of court. You can't get an injunction to get someone to stop saying something, unless it's libel. The constitution explicitly allows the right of people to say almost anything, whether someone else perceives it as untrue or not. So there's nothing preventing the dude from arguing his own line; it's just that no one believes him and he's pissed.
Scrambled Egg Machine:
How can you sue someone for saying things you perceive as untrue when it is largely political stuff Gore is saying. It's all relative with the exception of the science.
Ozymandias:
You can't. You can go through all the motions of the suit, but once it hits anyone with authority, it'll be thrown out.
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