Mann hearing transcript
May 2, 2012
Bishop Hill in Climate: Mann, FOI

The American Tradition Institute has posted the official transcript of the last court hearing at which both sides argued over the nitty gritty of whether Mann's emails should be released. Anthony W has published excerpts here.

I particularly enjoyed this intervention by the judge and the response from Mann's counsel, who has argued that ATI are bad people.

THE COURT Modern American debate seems to require us to accuse adversaries of improper motives. We see that in the public forum all the time. What if, for general purposes, all of those bad motives are true? How does it effect the legal right to FOIA protection? Are we -- do we have a purity of heart test before we apply FOIA's legislative acts?

MR. FONTAINE: No, Your Honor, the law on that is quite clear. It is not really the Court's function to try to weigh the motives.

The full transcript is here. Feel free to note anything interesting in the comments.

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